Tom Edwards looks at lockdown legislation, picnics and snowball fights. The New Year hailed a new lockdown. The Prime Minister…
In reviewing the case of R v T [2020] EWCA Crim 822, Chloe Birch sets out the considerations for those…
William England and Mark Watson consider the widely reported instances of fraud in relation to the government’s coronavirus support schemes…
In October 2019 the Sentencing Council recognised the complex and confusing state of sentencing in firearms cases by launching a…
Silas Lee, pupil barrister, reviews the statutory regime on witness anonymity. Anonymous witness orders are most commonly sought by the…
William England and Jim Olphert consider the consequences for the legal profession of the high-profile decision involving the former partner…
Alexandra Scott reviews the lessons to be learnt from the line of sentencing authorities culminating in R v Bailey [2020]…
On Christmas Eve 2020, the UK and EU announced and published the text of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement,…
Businessman Simon Dolan sought to challenge the UK’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions by way of judicial review. The Court of Appeal’s…
Ben Hargreaves looks at the case law from R (Ebrahim) v Feltham MC [2001] 2 Cr.App.R. 23 through to R…
Tom Edwards looks at the impact of the shift from Joint Enterprise to Common Purpose in the five years since…
Ben Hargreaves explores the inherent challenges in the admissibility of sexual history in sex cases. Section 41 of the Youth…
An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the…