Earlier this year, the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting conducted a survey among its subscribers to identify the most important fifteen cases decided during the course of its 150…
Last week German prosecutors announced that they had launched an investigation into the former Chief Executive of Volkswagen (‘VW’) concerning allegations of fraud in the sale of cars with manipulated…
Wearable tech is big news in 2015 for everyone from fashion fans to fitness enthusiasts. The arrival of apps accompanied by wearable devices like Garmins and Fitbugs, as well as…
Cybercrime is quickly becoming one of the most dangerous types of crime, not just in the UK, but globally. A research report published by the Home Office in October 2013…
A story published today across the media highlights the growing problem of teenagers engaging in “sexting” and the potential for significant ramifications on their lives and careers. In the present…
This article will be critiquing the notion that because regulation by law is deemed infeasible, over-restrictive or simply not appropriate, the alternative is non-regulation or some form of self-regulation. The…
BSB entity clearly creates opportunities for barristers to practise in new and innovative ways, but there are many issues which need to be considered before going down this route One…
Most mornings I see a neighbour of mine walking to the train station, hauling behind him a huge suitcase on wheels. It’s the kind of case a family of four…
When I was appointed Secretary-General of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe in March of this year, I felt privileged to have been entrusted with the representation…
Appearing at Southwark Crown Court as the Crown’s Forensic Accounting expert in the three-month fraud trial of Crown Currency before Judge Michael Gledhill QC, I was faced with the prospect…
Barristers often seem to feel that the current competency-based assessment systems for both judicial and QC appointments are something dreamed up by human resources managers with nothing better to…
On 13 April a number of measures in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 came into force. One of which, the new offence of wilful neglect by care providers,…
