Proven grounds

It is a shame that Geoff Atkinson, group lawyer of Monarch Airlines, falls into the trap of those members of the public and of the...It is a shame that Geoff Atkinson, group lawyer of Monarch Airlines, falls into the trap of those members of the public and of the government, who think that if a person is charged with criminal offences, he or she must inevitability be guilty (see [2001] Gazette, 8 March, 18).Criminal lawyers had hoped that the Human Rights Act would reiterate the age-old premise of people being innocent until proven guilty.Jackie Knights, Harrowell Shaftoe Solicitors, York