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Jeremy Robson
OpinionStructured mayhem in court
Criminal justice may be ritualised and in some respects archaic, but a strict regimen is critical to fair trials.
OpinionCPS faces a stark choice
More work must be done outside the courtroom if the Crown Prosecution Service is to achieve excellence.
- Opinion
Criminal lack of resources
Government pledge to bring in more intermediaries to help witnesses and defendants is welcome, but criminal justice needs more.
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Practicalities of unification
In March 1995, Judge David Bentley QC sitting in Sheffield Crown Court was forced to make a public apology after stating that a defendant did not need to ‘stoop so low’ as to employ the services of a solicitor-advocate. The idea that a member of the judiciary could publicly state ...