All articles by James Morton – Page 10
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NewsBygone days mowing lawns
Before the advent of law centres, pro bono work involved mowing elderly lady clients’ lawns.
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News‘Mad’ Frank the litigator
We recall the later career of ‘Mad’ Frank Fraser, who died last month.
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NewsMemories of Eveleigh trials
News of the death of Sir Edward Eveleigh evokes stories involving the urbane judge.
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NewsBrave lawyer defied KKK
Samuel Leibowitz, who defended the Scottsboro Boys, would rank high in a table of courageous lawyers.
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NewsBritain’s last witch trial
It is 70 years since the last prosecution under the Witchcraft Act – and it’s not who many people think.
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NewsBrushes with the noose
Two men I defended were convicted of murder – both would have gone to the gallows if the death penalty was in use.
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NewsAmerican rap sheet arrives
Are we going down another American pathway, featuring arrests alongside convictions?
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NewsLosing it in translation
Competent interpreters were even more thin on the ground in the 1970s.
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NewsA prang could cost you years
Tales of the worst courts to visit in the 60s and 70s – including malodorous drunks and an outside lavatory.
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NewsThe age of innocence
Back in the bad old days of the 1960s, plea bargaining was, of course, quite properly outlawed.
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NewsUS battle over rough justice
One lawyer helped the plight of three black murder suspects in thirties America.
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NewsNo paradise with Milton
My puerile efforts to innovate received a swift rebuff from a stipendiary magistrate.
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NewsSitting pretty in the dock
Recent comments about the legal aid crisis remind me about the ‘dock’ brief
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NewsPlaying the blame game
TV drama Silk was mocked for inaccuracies – but maybe it was right on one thing.
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NewsCriminal memorabilia
I’ve always wanted a hat that belonged to prosecutor who was swiftly removed from the office after being charged with accepting bribes.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Doped – The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang
A stylish trot through the committal proceedings, trials and appeals involving the doping gangs.