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ESSENTIAL READING FOR BARRISTERS
3 rd J une - 31 st J uly 2014 TRINITY TERM ISSUE
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Features
BREYER AT MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL
Chambers 13 Acquiring Premises
Term 2014 The year 2014 began with what may well be seen as two significant and historically important events which can now be shared with readers of ‘The Barrister’ – you cannot be exempt from knowing about them even if you missed the CPD points we achieved for both of them! The first was a fascinating ‘off-the-cuff’ lecture on ‘Judicial Independence’ by Justice Stephen Breyer at Middle Temple; the second a formal speech by the incoming Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd on ‘Reshaping Justice’ delivered to the organisation ‘JUSTICE’ at Freshfields.
The weather was dreadful outside on 5th February 2014, and the trains were not running because of a strike. But even the rough winds of almost gale force and non-existent underground transport couldn’t deter a determined audience of assorted lawyers --
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Maintaining Judicial Orthodoxy Two historic judicial events held in Hilary
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By Scott Leonard, partner in the Corporate and Commercial team at Russell-Cooke LLP
Forensic Science 16 Rationing By Jo Millington BSc (Hons)
MSc PGCert MIABPA, Senior Forensic Scientist, Manlove Forensics Ltd
the Use of Technology 25 How Can Lessen the Impact of Increasing Regulation of Chambers By Helen Ford, Managing Director, Bar Squared Ltd
Phillip Taylor MBE, Richmond Green Chambers
constraints in the 28 Budget legal system reduces the
quality of evidence that appears before the courts By Matthew Jackson, Director, Senior Forensic Consultant and Expert Witness at Athena Forensics.
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The Ballad of Reading (in) Gaol: Injecting Legal Analysis into the “Book Ban” Debate
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“Books were the great saviour inside, and
to a restriction on the parcels prisoners
I sincerely believe books and education
can receive; an exclusion extending to
are the great rehabilitators.” This, from
underwear, clothing, and other gifts; letters
a prisoner who over the course of three
are still permitted. Though changes to the
decades was contained in over 30 different
“Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme”
prisons.
came into effect in November 2013, the
Such statements can trigger our emotions.
issue has recently resurfaced in the public
But as the effects of the much-hyped “book
domain following an article from Frances
ban” unfold, it is important that we limit the
Cook, Chief Executive of the Howard
Publishing Director: Derek Payne
stock we place in our instinctive reactions,
League for Penal Reform. The “book ban”
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and instead consider the objective legal
has been widely debated and scorned by
issues at play.
academics and authors alike. Below
The popularly named “book ban” refers
we recount the reaction to the
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Bar Chairman Welcomes "A Viable Pathway for the Criminal Justice System"
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Statement From Bar Leaders on Very High Cost Cases
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