Judicial diversity must start with lawyers, says Goldring
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 Senior judges will reach out to the legal professi...4 Comments
Six months to end 'indiscriminate' prisoner voting ban
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 Britain has six months to draft new laws to end it...Tomlinson judge appointed first chief coroner
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 The judge who presided at the 2011 inquest that returned a verdict of unlawful killing on newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson was today named as ...Trainee minimum abolition ‘will hit women’
Monday, 21 May 2012 Women will be disproportionately affected by the scrapping of the minimum salary for trainees, the Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) sai...Lawyer In The News
Solicitor-advocate acted for teacher in abuse acquittal
Who? Marsha Myers, sex-crimes solicitor-advocate at Manchester firm Kristina Harrison. Why is she in the news? Represented Neil Carr, 25, a teacher cleared of 20 counts of sexually abusing seven of his eight-year-old pupils. Carr, who had been suspended from his school since 15 February 2011, was cleared of all charges on 27 April 2012 after a five-week trial. The school and the National Union of Teachers have urged him to return to the classroom, but he ...More news:
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