03 May, 2023 #TattooMeToo: a new dawn for the public interest defence? By Clare Wisson In Hay v Cresswell [2023] EWHC 882 (KB) (here), handed down on 26 April, Mrs Justice Williams held that a sexual abuse victim, Nina...
06 Nov, 2020 Behind the Depp headlines: meaning, evidence and juries By Clare Wisson Claire Overman Introduction On 2nd November 2020, Nicol J handed down his eagerly awaited judgment in Depp v News Group Newspapers and anor [2020] EWHC...
18 May, 2020 Resumption of jury trials: an open justice “toolkit” By Doughty Street Chambers Clare Wisson For seven weeks Covid-19 shut the doors of jury trials in England and Wales. On 11th May 2020, the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor...