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Failure to prevent fraud – a new criminal offence for big business

At a time where fraud was found to have been the most common criminal offence committed in England as of September 2002, the UK...

How do we create change in criminal justice?

Is change, indeed, even possible? Or are we reduced to eking out small victories and minor concessions, while the penal juggernaut careers on? As we...

The Importance of Pursuing Mediation before Starting Legal Proceedings

The Principle As long ago as 2001, Lord Woolf LJ gave this guidance in R (Cowl) v Plymouth City Council EWCA Civ 1935 at : “The importance of...

Where did Part 35 go?

It has always been a bug bear of mine that in The Apprentice the business plans are not examined until the end of the...

The Human Rights Act 1998 and the IPT’s attempt to strike a satisfactory balance between national security and human rights through the Liberty v...

By Rabiath Juliette Berphine Emmanuel , Consultant for the Culture sector of UNESCO in Congo Brazzaville, University of Kent LLM honors graduate in International...

Raising the Bar for Working Parents

When New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern resigned recently, the press was full of articles asking whether women can ‘have it all’ (this was...

Religious observances and festivals – what are my employers’ obligations?

By Aleksandra Traczyk, Associate at Winckworth Sherwood There are many different religious observances and festivals celebrated in the UK. These include (in no particular order): the...

Delays to surrogacy law reform creating risk for babies

Surrogacy is on the rise. Ministry of Justice statistics highlight a peak of 444 parental orders were made in 2019 and 435 in 2021...

Diversity at the Bar – Social Mobility

By Jonathan McDonnell, barrister, Park Square Barristers This short article focuses on social mobility at the Bar. Specifically, it talks about my experiences as a...

Children in custody – Envisioning a way out.

In this article, pupil barrister Kitan Ososami discusses the problems with child imprisonment and how the new London Accommodation Pathfinder, a Youth Justice Board...

Can sentencing for police officer offenders be improved?

By Ellie Watson Pupil Barrister at Crown Prosecution Service, Manchester Introduction Recent case law has uncovered difficulties faced by the courts when sentencing police officers. Fulford...

Assistance animals, access, and ableism

Recent media outlets reported multiple incidents of disabled people being forced to leave public premises due to having an assistance animal with them. By Christina...

Being a Barrister: New Beginnings

By Chevan Ilangaratne - Employment and PI/Clinical Negligence Barrister at St Philips Chambers For me, and I suspect many others, the nerves and excitement...

Taking the right decisions: how the Bar Standards Board builds checks and balances into its enforcement work?

By Mark Neale, Director General, Bar Standards Board Part of the stock-in-trade of constitutional lawyers is the concept of checks and balances – those safeguards...

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