All articles by Jonathan Rayner – Page 7
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NewsGovernment backs liaison scheme for offenders
Diversion and liaison scheme, which seeks to help offenders with mulitiple problems such as mental illness, to go national by 2017.
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FeatureRoundtable: organised crime
Solicitors are ‘key enablers’ for serious organised crime – time to be on guard, the Gazette’s latest roundtable hears.
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ProfileAllegations of FGM in care proceedings
Solicitor acted for the guardians in the first court case where allegations of female genital mutilation arose during care proceedings for a child.
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ProfileMoJ settles over religious discrimination
Duncan Burtwell acted for a Sikh lawyer who was refused entry to prison on a client visit because he had pins in his turban.
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ProfileProfile: Cris McCurley
Cris McCurley has devoted her career to helping some of the least visible and most vulnerable in society. She talks to the Gazette.
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ProfileSolicitor acts for sexual abuse victims
Renu Daly acted for the victims of a paedophile medical doctor who was jailed for 22 years in December for sexually abusing gravely ill boys aged 10 to 16.
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NewsMore ‘respect and dignity’ for mental health patients
Department of Health published revised code of practice for the Mental Health Act.
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ProfileTrademark infringement retrial victory
Theo Savvides won bid to get his client Marks & Spencer a retrial in dispute with Interflora.
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ProfileProfile: Dominic Grieve
Is Dominic Grieve the best justice secretary austerity Britain never had? The Gazette went to meet the former AG in his Westminster office.
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Profile‘Plebgate’ libel victory
Jeremy Clarke-Williams acted for a Metropolitan Police officer who was accused of lying by former chief whip Andrew Mitchell.
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OpinionHuman rights in parallel universes
Solicitor general assures us that rights are safe in this government's hands.
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Opinion100 hours mandatory pro bono a year
How practical is the suggestion that lawyers could close the funding gap by working for nothing?
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ProfileCompensation fight over Victor Nealon’s wrongful conviction
Mark Newby is acting for Victor Nealon, who was released from prison last year after his conviction for attempted rape was quashed.
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OpinionClued-up – today’s lawyers-to-be
Aspiring lawyers can get ahead by keeping abreast of developments.
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ProfileEuropean ruling on air pollution
Alan Andrews, acting for ClientEarth, won a ruling at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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OpinionContempt of court laws are dated
It’s time to update contempt of court laws in the digital age – but I can’t sympathise with Rebekah Brooks.
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ProfileLegal action over failed hip replacements
Kevin Timms is acting for patients with serious health problems following fitting of unregulated implants.
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NewsSolicitors ‘prickly’ - economic crime chief
National Crime Agency’s director of economic crime command says the agency is taking a particular interest in solicitors.
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NewsCJEU calls time on UK pollution foot-dragging
Court of Justice of the European Union judgment opens way to legal challenges across Europe.
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ProfileIndependence day for Warburg Institute
Leticia Jennings acted for London-based research centre in its battle with trustee the University of London over funding and independence.