Modernising and promoting confidence in the criminal justice system
Carolyn Kirby, President, Law Society
Confidence in the criminal justic system is low and the public perception is negative, fuelled by a media that is often misinformed and prone to mis-interpretation..  

Deaths in custody: redress and remedies
Roger Bingham, Liberty Human Rights

Nearly 700 people have died in police custody or in contact with the police since 1990. These figures are a cause for the most serious concern.   

Internet savvy?
Jonathan Smith, Divisional Sales Director with Siemens Financial Services
Many of us can’t imagine a working day without email or a quick search around news and resource sites.  

Is the barrister communicating most effectively when he "steps into the shoes" of the jurors?
Jonathan Sank LLM

Jurors want to be faced with genuine counsel.  

Rapid decline in legal aid work
Richard Miller, Director of LAPG

Many firms currently offering legally aided services are planning to give up legal aid work altogether or cut substantially the amount they do.  

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and its human rights implications
John Wadham, Director of Liberty and Kavita Modi, Assistant Researcher

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 will punish suspected criminality without normal due process protections.  

Computer forensics comes of age
Simon Janes, International Operations Manager, Computer Forensics, Ibas Group

Computer Forensics has now matured into the offices and boardrooms of commerce and industry.  

THE LAYERS OF THE ONION
Computer science is a strange subject, being a hybrid of straightforward physical sciences
By Gordon Stephenson, Managing Director, Vogon computer forensics

Class Actions - A narrowing divide between the UK and US?
Toby Duthie, co-founder, Forensic Risk Alliance

There has been a great deal in the media recently about the US "compensation culture" and the dangerous precedent this may set for the UK.  

When some are more equal than others
Marina Wheeler, One Crown Office Row

Two new European directives represent a major extension of equality laws without the review necessary to ensure that the system will work.