After 3 week multi handed s.18 wounding trial at Portsmouth CC, Jim Tilbury secures acquittal for his client, a young…
This was the lead trial arising from Operation Pontefract, which involved a large number of arrests and subsequent defendants in…
Five members of Mountford Chambers have appeared in one of the biggest kidnap cases of recent times. Barry Kogan, Tom…
Jim and Chloe’s client – a mother of previous good character – was unanimously acquitted by the jury of two…
Jim Tilbury, who has previously written on modern slavery and people trafficking here and here, considers the latest important decision…
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…
Silas Lee, pupil barrister, reviews the statutory regime on witness anonymity. Anonymous witness orders are most commonly sought by the…
An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the…