All articles by James Morton – Page 7
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NewsArsenic and an old case
As a recent fraud case proved, expert witnesses can cause great trouble.
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NewsRinger with a nose for villainy
For sheer villainy on the turf nothing can really compare to the 1844 running of the Derby for three-year-olds.
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NewsThe importance of getting paid
First rule of practice: ‘Don’t leave the office without money in the client account’.
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NewsA 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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NewsDevil’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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NewsInstructed 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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NewsTorn off a stipe by living legend
Judge Michael Johnstone could and did reduce some advocates to tears.
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NewsGagging orders lagging behind
In the age of the internet and social media, how much validity do gagging orders still have?
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NewsBench charmer befuddles judge
Back in 1881, Mabel Wilberforce had quite the effect on Mr Justice Field.
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NewsDobbing 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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News20,000 hang on words of killer
Murderer of the 4th Duke of Bedford was hanged outside Newgate Prison
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NewsPardon 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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NewsA 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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NewsTroublemakers 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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NewsIdentity politics in the courtroom
Client dons a ginger wig to ‘test’ a witness’s identification.
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NewsCriminal 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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NewsCautionary tale from Gold Coast
Family and migration lawyer Gisele Reid of Nyst Lawyers on Australia’s Gold Coast has sent me a cautionary tale.