Oct 11, 2024 An update on the law of infanticide: a review of cases over the past 20 years by the Cambridge Pro-Bono Project By Karlia Lykourgou Last year I wrote an article highlighting a number of high-profile prosecutions pursued against women for causing the death of a foetus...
Jan 07, 2024 Horizon, the Post Office, Pardons and the Royal Prerogative of Mercy By Paul Taylor KC In so far as the legal system can seek to address the horrendous damage caused by the Post Office Horizon scandal, one option may be the...
Dec 22, 2023 A Guide to Sexual Risk Orders By Karlia Lykourgou Sexual Risk Orders (SROs) are a pain to the uninitiated. To be frank, they are a pain to the initiated too. They are civil orders that...
Nov 02, 2023 Responses to The Law Commission Criminal Appeals Issue Paper By Paul Taylor KC In July 2023 the Law Commission released a paper seeking views on the law about appeals in criminal cases. The Criminal Appeals: Issues...
Oct 09, 2023 Mothers who kill: A look at infanticide By Karlia Lykourgou Murders where mothers kill their babies are thankfully rare, however recent cases raise questions about the legal framework surrounding...
Sep 27, 2023 Dismissal from the Armed Forces: Why it’s worth fighting an Annex P notice By Karlia Lykourgou An abbreviated dismissal process is one where a member of the armed forces is served with an Annex P notice informing them of an...
Sep 13, 2023 DSC CRIMINAL APPEALS BULLETIN By Paul Taylor KC The September issue of the Doughty Street Chambers Criminal Appeals Bulletin is now live. In this edition we analyse a selection of the...
Jul 25, 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...
Jul 04, 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...
Mar 12, 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...
Dec 13, 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....
Dec 05, 2022 Online Safety Bill: Service Provider Perspective By Rupert Bowers KC The Online Safety Bill returned to Parliament on 5 December after a delay of five months caused in no small part by the turmoil in the...