All articles by James Morton – Page 4
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NewsWhen defence is a moral dilemma
Can you refuse to act for a client on moral grounds in a criminal matter?
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NewsRecommendation to be regretted
When I first set up on my own, one of my landlords was the irascible Edwin Hornchurch.
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NewsStamping out rookie mistakes
The first time I was reported to the Law Society by another firm came a day or so after I qualified.
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NewsCooper’s chorus of disapproval
In 1942 former Western Australian barrister Reginald Cooper, 40, fell out badly with his protégé, the 23-year-old English chorus girl Peggy Stacey.
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NewsYou win some, you Lewes some
Expert witness Sir Keith Simpson nearly had Morton in serious trouble down at Lewes Crown Court.
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NewsWhen law is all about the money
'Don’t take cases which you don’t understand, particularly for clients who are more experienced than you.’
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NewsA life of crime, law and riches
In the 19th century requirements for entry to the American bar were less stringent.
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NewsSunday cinemas Orpen all hours
When the Sunday Observance Act was passed a 'common informer' could bring a prosecution against theatres or cinemas which admitted patrons on a Sunday.
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NewsExperts getting tied up in knots
The recent roasting of an expert in Reynolds v Stanbury shows how experts can be a liability to the side calling them.
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NewsCutting out the waiting room
I’m grateful to Adrian Brodkin for writing in to suggest a new term for solicitor. But he also chastises me for confusing Clacton with ‘bracing’ Skegness. Mea culpa, which shows I did at least pass my Latin O-level. More than I did geography, which was never my strong suit. After ...
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NewsTime for us to stop soliciting?
Surely, we should no longer be tagged alongside hawkers and canvassers. So what should we call ourselves?
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NewsWhen cat killers end up in court
Steven Bouquet, convicted in June of cat killing in Brighton, seems to have been something of a throwback to the New York of the 1890s.
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NewsCriminal lawyers checking account
What steps should we take or have taken to save a client (and probably others) from themselves?
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NewsDefender of the rich and famous
The flamboyant and talented Francis Lee Bailey Jr died earlier this month.
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NewsHowe to do it is half-life of Reilly
My friend Jeffrey Gordon recently told me of his less successful attempts at advocacy.
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NewsJuries with a rebellious streak
What will be the repercussions following the jury’s decision to acquit members of Extinction Rebellion on charges of criminal damage to Shell’s London HQ?
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NewsBig drinker last man standing
Where I was articled the top floor was occupied by an ex-policeman, Sid Powell, who looked like the actor Jeremy Kemp and who went by the name Sandy.
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NewsArticles and my room with a view
Not all staff had their own room or even desk at the suburban office where I was to be articled.