Professionally embarrassed? The circumstances in which criminal barristers may return instructions to appear at trial have become clearer...

Sir, One of the earliest 'war crimes' trials of the Second World War took place in the liberated Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in December,...

The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) recently handed down judgment on 6 April 2022 in the case of R (K) v London Borough...

Almost two months have passed since the Supreme Court’s judgment in ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2022] UKSC 5, [2022] 2 WLR 424.  The Supreme...

The High Court has handed down the long awaited judgment in R (L, M, P) v Devon CC [2022] EWHC 493 (Admin). The case concerned the...

My piece in City AM 8th March on the relevance of international law to address the conflict in Ukraine, and the risks we take when we...

Strategic lawsuits against publication participation, or “SLAPPs” are a form of litigation used to censor and intimidate critics, usually...

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Home Secretary’s appeal in Akinsanya, confirming that she misinterpreted UK law when setting the...

Hayden J has today issued new guidance on judicial visits to P, supplementing that of Charles J in 2016.  You can read the new guidance...

This piece considers two recent decisions – one by the Court of Appeal (“CA”): D4 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022]...

Welcome to the February 2022 edition of the DSC Criminal Appeals Bulletin.The Bulletin is aimed at assisting those involved in appellate...

Following the decision of the Supreme Court in CN v Poole Borough Council [2019] UKSC 25, [2020] AC 780, and the narrowing of the...