Yesterday I was the guest writer for the Monday message to the 4,000 members of the Criminal Bar Association. Continue reading “My Monday message to the Criminal Bar Association” →

Yesterday I attended a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Continue reading “Lord Burnett’s speech to the Criminal Cases Review Commission” →

The blog I posted earlier today has attracted some interesting comments in response, and has already attracted over 170 “views”. Continue reading “Failures in prosecution disclosure” →

The Bar Council has now published its ”Manifesto for Justice” in the context of the current General Election Campaign.  Continue reading “The miserable state of criminal justice” →

From time to time I use this site to draw attention to useful “infographics” which will help people understand legal issues, or access the legal help they need, more easily. Continue reading “Infographic: Understanding Lasting Powers of Attorney” →

In my last blog I quoted this passage from Peter Glover’s article describing the current low state of judicial morale in this country Continue reading “Judges and vicarious trauma” →

A few days ago I retweeted an article written for The Law Society Gazette by Peter Glover, who was a very experienced district judge until his retirement from the Bench last year. Continue reading “The low state of judicial morale” →

Yesterday the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) announced the arrangements for the appointment of a new Lord Chief Justice, Continue reading “The appointment of the new Lord Chief Justice” →

In Uganda, in the days of Idi Amin, an expatriate judge from England retained his judicial office until his mandatory retirement date. Continue reading “United States Presidents and Habeas Corpus” →

Last week, to my surprise, the Solicitors’ Journal thought it worth devoting quite a lot of space to a profile of me.  Continue reading “The new Constitutional Settlement: Protecting the Judges” →