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Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence

By David Spreadborough, Certified Forensic Video Analyst I last wrote here for the Easter term of The Barrister in 2018 and honestly, where has the time gone? Considering all the troubles over the last two years though, it is not...
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The Power of Patterns in Forensics

By Professor Angela Gallop CBE, Group CEO at Forensic Access Ltd  Patterns can change the...
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As with most things, the cheapest option is not always the best

Price is currently the main deciding factor for the instruction of an expert witness...
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Ceasing to maintain an EHCP for a child of service personnel on deployment abroad: a Court of Appeal test case with wider implications for...

    By Holly Littlewood, Barrister, Spire Barristers In the recent case of Hampshire County Council v GC and another EWCA Civ 20, the Court...

Unmatched contributions in financial remedy proceedings

Financial remedy proceedings are concerned with achieving a fair outcome taking into account the factors under Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973....

Why barristers need to take a stand on jury trials

I first went to watch jury trials at Liverpool Crown Court after a rudimentary 1980s computer careers test informed me, with the kind of...

Improving court services for children

  It is well known to professionals who work within the children law sphere, that the family court justice system is under substantial pressure. In...

When Equality Law Stops Being Equal: How Soft Law Quietly Rewrites Rights

  Equality law in the United Kingdom is a creature of statute. That is the orthodox position. Yet in recent years an increasing proportion of...

Landing on your feet to kick off your second six

          As soon as any big transition looms on the horizon, the advice “don’t underestimate it!” seems to ring out from all corners from...

What’s changed in child protection law in the aftermath of the child sexual abuse inquiry

It’s three years since the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) issued its concluding report and recommendations, in October 2022. Launched as a...

Ruby’s Law: A Critical Reform for the Protection of Pets in Domestic Abuse Cases

Domestic abuse remains a pervasive issue affecting millions globally, yet one often-overlooked aspect of these cases is the role of pets. While pets are...

A Budget on the Brink: How the Latest Fiscal Plan Leaves the Public Paying the Price

  The latest budget has landed with a thud rather than a flourish, leaving many asking a deeply unsettling question: Is this the financial blueprint...

Help! I need somebody: mentoring at the Bar

I have fallen down a Beatles rabbit hole recently. They have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember....

The Problem of Denying Pupil Barristers Access to Hearings

Despite the mandatory nature of pupillage, one issue continues to frustrate both pupils and their supervisors: refusal or objection to a pupil’s attendance at...

Immigrants in the UK: When Vilification Becomes Policy and Peril

“When political rhetoric turns a human being into an abstraction or a scapegoat, the way is opened to stripping away their rights.” In the UK...

Safety at Court: A Cornerstone of Access to Justice

Until April 2024, I took general court security and special measures for granted. As a practitioner frequently appearing in the Family Court in domestic...

Short-Term Politics, Long-Term Decline: Britain’s Economic Risk

The UK government’s recent policy direction prioritises immigration controls, digital identity cards, and new pension taxation, failing to address urgent challenges of productivity, investment,...

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