All articles by James Morton – Page 7
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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.
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NewsSolicitors 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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NewsFrom 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 ...
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NewsMeaning of the Worboys affair
The John Worboys affair throws up more questions than it answers. Is the case being hijacked by moral entrepreneurs and used to have sentences for rape increased? And will it open the floodgates for what amount to appeals by victims against Parole Board decisions? How will these be funded? Legal ...
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NewsPrivacy and past crimes
James Morton People seeking privacy over past misdemeanours are following an old tradition. Ninety years ago Sergeant Sullivan, opening a libel action by Francis Alfonso Smith, asked the jury to say that there was too much revival of matter which ‘Mr Smith might hope was buried’. ...
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NewsSmooth as Silk? Not quite...
The old dictum ‘You may have your choice of counsel but not the counsel of your choice’ seems to have cropped up recently in the Northern Ireland case over whether a defendant had to have a silk represent him. The question whether a good junior is better than a poor ...
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NewsThe art of the perfect con
The Financial Conduct Authority has been broadcasting radio advertisements warning against scams. The listener is told to choose between Pitch A and Pitch B and decide which is the con. Personally, I thought they both sound like scams. Curiously, and quite by chance, I recently came ...