All articles by James Morton – Page 6
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The importance of getting paid
First rule of practice: ‘Don’t leave the office without money in the client account’.
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A mystery on Chancery Lane
A ‘poisoned’ dinner at number 68 led to one of the 19th century’s great miscarriages of justice.
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Devil’s in the detail for Howe
19th century English convict-turned-criminal lawyer William F. Howe had an eye for damning detail in his cases.
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Fryde and tested for the Krays
Manny Fryde was the Kray twins’ longest serving solicitor and a heavy gambler.
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Instructed by the Great Eagle
Former army officer James Averill acted on relayed communications from the higher entity The Lord of the Scorpio Hierarchy.
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Torn off a stipe by living legend
Judge Michael Johnstone could and did reduce some advocates to tears.
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Gagging orders lagging behind
In the age of the internet and social media, how much validity do gagging orders still have?
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Bench charmer befuddles judge
Back in 1881, Mabel Wilberforce had quite the effect on Mr Justice Field.
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Dobbing in your clients
When an Australian gang war led to the death of her father, Lawyer X took matters into her own hands.
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20,000 hang on words of killer
Murderer of the 4th Duke of Bedford was hanged outside Newgate Prison
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Pardon for lord with axe to grind
A plaque in Lincoln’s Inn Fields remembers Lord William Russell, acknowledging a pardon that came a little too late.
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A bold entry to English courts
Joshua Rozenberg’s article on the Diplock courts (1 October) reminded me of the first case in which Richard Ferguson QC appeared in England.
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Troublemakers in rude health
Home secretary Sajid Javid has had something of a whizz of an idea. In future, violence will be treated as a disease.
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Identity politics in the courtroom
Client dons a ginger wig to ‘test’ a witness’s identification.
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Criminal justice under the cosh
I was at a conference held by the University of York on ‘Imagining the Impossible’ recently when someone in the audience asked how long it would be before the criminal justice system broke down.
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Cautionary tale from Gold Coast
Family and migration lawyer Gisele Reid of Nyst Lawyers on Australia’s Gold Coast has sent me a cautionary tale.
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Solicitors and salutations
The letter in the Gazette fulminating about the archaic practice of beginning letters ‘Dear Sir’ is absolutely right (21 May). As we approach the end of the second decade of the 21st century it is catering to a patriarchal society: it is a practice that is outmoded and should be ...
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From defender to fraudster
Edmund O’Connor, an Irish solicitor of 100 years ago, appeared for William Podmore at the 1928 inquest on Vivian Messiter. James Morton His client, alleged to have moved Messiter’s body, was only 5’ 3”, and the deceased a much bigger man. O’Connor persuaded the pathologist to try ...