25 Jul, 2023 Appealcast by Paul Taylor KC and Maryam Mir – Episode 2: The Court of Appeal "checklist" for sentencing children and young people By Paul Taylor KC ZA - Sentencing children and young people The recent Court of Appeal Criminal Division judgement in ZA [2023] EWCA Crim 596 represents a...
04 Jul, 2023 The Freedom to Hate By Rupert Bowers KC Omran Belhadi On 15 March 2019, Brenton Tarrant entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. He murdered 51 Muslim worshippers. His stated aim was...
12 Mar, 2023 Sexual Risk Orders: Lowering the Standard By Rupert Bowers KC Sexual Risk Orders (‘SRO’) under section 122A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (‘the 2003 Act’) were introduced in 2015 by the Anti-Social...
13 Dec, 2022 Recommended reform to confiscation orders By Richard Fisher KC On 9 November 2022, the Law Commission published new reforms to overhaul the system for recovering the proceeds of criminal activities....
15 Nov, 2022 Overseas Production Orders: Potential Challenges By Rupert Bowers KC Rupert Bowers KC of Doughty Street Chambers examines some potential challenges to the use of Overseas Production Orders. Overseas...
16 Sep, 2022 Appealcast by Paul Taylor KC – Episode 1: A Decade of Legal Gamechangers By Paul Taylor KC Baroness Helena Kennedy KC introduces the first episode of Appealcast, an occasional podcast from the Doughty Street Chambers Criminal...
12 Sep, 2022 Criminal Appeals Bulletin - Issue 58 By Paul Taylor KC Welcome to the September edition of the DSC Criminal Appeals Bulletin. The Bulletin is aimed at assisting those involved in appellate...
21 Jul, 2022 High Court imposes protections against the discriminatory use of Schedule 7 Terrorism Act By Adam Straw KC Cifci v Crown Prosecution Service [2022] EWHC 1676 (Admin) is an important ruling on the interaction between the prohibition on...
27 May, 2022 Criminal Appeals Bulletin - Issue 57 By Paul Taylor KC Welcome to the latest edition of the DSC Criminal Appeals Bulletin. The Bulletin is aimed at assisting those involved in appellate work...
10 Jan, 2022 Criminal Appeals Bulletin - Issue 55 By Paul Taylor KC Welcome to the January 2022 edition of the DSC Criminal Appeals Bulletin. The Bulletin is aimed at assisting those involved in appellate...
09 Jan, 2022 The acquittal of the Colston protestors and the implications for future cases By Karlia Lykourgou On 5th January 2022, four Black Lives Matter protestors who admitted tearing down a statue of Edward Colston, were acquitted of criminal...
01 Jan, 2022 Ghislaine Maxwell’s prospects on appeal and sentence By Karlia Lykourgou On 29th December Ghislaine Maxwell’s five-week trial concluded and she was found guilty of five out of the six charges brought against...