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Fake Law: An evening with Joshua Rozenberg QC, Joanna Hardy and The Secret Barrister

November 24, 2020 thesecretbarrister Fake Law, Interviews, Lawsplaining, Politics

Tonight I had the privilege of appearing on a panel with Joshua Rozenberg QC and Joanna Hardy, at a live event for the Human Rights Lawyers’ Association. My words were voiced by the wonderful Joanne Kane. Should you wish to watch the discussion, it is available here:

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A reply to Lord Adonis on sentencing, prisons and judges

October 8, 2017 thesecretbarrister Judiciary, Lawsplaining, Politics, Sentencing

I’ll be honest, out of all the ‘robust debates’ I’ve had online about criminal justice and sentencing of offenders, I would not have expected the most frustrating, fiery and ill-informed to be with someone advocating for less use of prison. It takes a special talent, I would suggest, to present an argument in such a…

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The Grenfell Inquiry needs facts, not fearmongering

July 12, 2017 thesecretbarrister Judiciary, Lawsplaining, Politics

Yesterday I wrote something for the New Statesman on the Grenfell Inquiry and the political fearmongering over the appointment of Sir Martin Moore-Bick. The piece can be found here:  http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/07/grenfell-inquiry-critics-martin-moore-bick-are-dabbling-fearmongeringp  

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Accusing this judge of “victim blaming” is unfair, wrong and dangerous

March 12, 2017 thesecretbarrister Bad Law, Judiciary, Lawsplaining

On Friday 10 March 2017, HHJ Lindsey Kushner Q.C. drew a 43-year legal career to a close by detaining a rapist for six years. After 14 years on the bench, her final trial at Manchester Crown Court involved a set of facts grimly familiar to criminal practitioners, in which the defendant, Ricardo Rodrigues-Fortes-Gomes (19), led…

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Were the judges “incompetent f****-ups” to refuse Marine A bail?

December 22, 2016 thesecretbarrister Bad Law, Judiciary, Lawsplaining, Politics, Sentencing

There is a risk, I am acutely aware, of this blog appearing to transmogrify into The Secret Judicial Cheerleader. Which it is not. By way of pre-emptive self-defence, I should point out that much of my professional life is spent politely pointing out to judges why, in my respectful submission, the course they are thinking…

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If MPs are going to attack judges, they should at least understand the law

August 10, 2016 thesecretbarrister Bad Law, Judiciary, Lawsplaining, Politics

I don’t want defending the indefensible to become my default position. At least not outside the courtroom. And I’m well aware that what I’m about to say amounts to a defence of a section of society whom very few – particularly among lawyers – would leap to support. And that, following the reaction to my…

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