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Tom acted for a confessed cannabis dealer who was found to have an ounce of cocaine in his bedroom along with numerous incriminating messages on his telephone which the Crown said related to cocaine. The case involved extensive cross-examination of the police drugs expert on the content of the text messages as well as a successful application to adduce a hearsay confession of a co-accused who had pleaded guilty.
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…