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The competence of experts in criminal proceedings

Lack of compliance and oversight: the need for caution and eternal vigilance 

Pride and prejudice: Why women need to be at the heart of the rule of law

Women have made immense strides in the profession, but we need to keep talking about the prejudices that women face in the content of our laws, and the prejudices that women in the profession can face in getting senior roles 

19 July 2019 / Dame Justine Thornton DBE

The book, the judge, his wife and her cover

A fragment of legal history may soon be passing out of the country: the judge’s copy of the book at the centre of one of Britain’s most infamous trials – annotated by his wife – who deserves her own footnote in legal history 

19 July 2019 / Barbara Rich

‘Judicial overreach’: A response to Sumption

In the 2019 Reith Lectures Lord Sumption argues that law is taking over the space once occupied by politics. Is it really the time and the place for reduced accountability to the law? 

19 July 2019 / Patrick O’Connor KC

Following Grenfell

The serious human rights and equality questions raised by the tragedy have been specifically analysed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in a parallel project to the public inquiry 

24 June 2019 / Isabel Buchanan / Jason Pobjoy

45 years at the criminal Bar: A head above the parapet

Anthony Heaton-Armstrong takes the opportunity of retirement to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of his 45 years in practice at the criminal Bar 

24 June 2019 / Anthony Heaton-Armstrong

Scrapping snap evictions

Beware unintended consequences: billed as the biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation, could abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions end up harming the very people it is intended to help? 

24 June 2019 / James Browne

Trauma risk

Legal professionals face potentially traumatic events every day. This year’s Wellness Forum on 21 June turns to the military, police, medical services and CPS to learn how we can better manage the risks we face at the Bar 

 

30 May 2019 / Rachel Spearing

Online harm & a risky duty of care

Social media regulation, free speech and the rule of law: democratic legislatures are scrambling to regulate and the government’s white paper on online harm needs careful scrutiny 

 

30 May 2019 / Zoe McCallum

LASPO Review and the Family Court

Worth the wait or too little too late? The review is frank, wide-ranging and lengthy but the action plan 
has little to offer family justice, law and practice
 

30 May 2019 / Lucy Reed KC
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Hope and expectation for the new legal year

The beginning of the legal year offers the opportunity for a renewed commitment to justice and the rule of law both at home and abroad

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