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6KBW College Hill Essay Competition

6KBW3rd July 20243rd July 2024
The question for the 2024 6KBW Essay Competition will be released on 8 July 2024. Further information can be found here. To inspire any potential essayists, here are the three winning...
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6KBW Essay Competition

6KBW21st June 202321st June 2023
The question for the 2023 6KBW Essay Competition will be released on 3 July 2023. Further information can be found here. To inspire any potential essayists, here are the three...
Inquests and public inquiries

The Manchester Arena Inquiry: lessons for future inquiries 

Duncan Atkinson QC17th April 20236th April 2023
Lawyers involved in public inquiries often refer, half in jest and half out of fear, to a hypothetical future ‘inquiry into the inquiry’ in which their decisions will be scrutinised....
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Hybrid orders & section 45A of the mental health act 1983: recent developments

Denis Barry24th March 20233rd April 2023
What is the point of section 45A? Section 45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 (‘MHA’) was inserted by the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997.  The idea behind it is that...
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6KBW Essay Competition: winning essay

6KBW19th April 202210th May 2022
Here you can read the winning entry to our 2021 Essay Competition, written by Cara Shepherd. Congratulations to Cara! Second place went to Sean O'Neill and third was Tochi Ejimofo....
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Stalin’s Show Trials

Victoria Ailes9th March 202210th May 2022
With the invasion of Ukraine, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague has announced that he will launch an investigation into events there and President Vladimir Putin’s...
Extradition International

UK-Russo extradition relations in 2022

Adam Payter21st February 202218th February 2022
As the clouds of war gather over Ukraine, it is a convenient moment to consider the state of UK-Russo extradition relations and the likely impact of any further breaches of...
Crime General Public and civil law

I would have written a shorter skeleton argument, but I did not have the time…

Ben Lloyd6th December 20216th December 2021
It now appears settled that the quotation “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time” dates back to the 17th century and to Blaise...
Crime Public and civil law

Criminal offences and the inherent jurisdiction: a necessary evil?

Jonathan Hall QC1st December 2021
In the recent case of Re T [2021] UKSC 35, the Supreme Court approved the use of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to authorise the deprivation of liberty of a...
Crime General

‘Bufflehead’ and ‘Coxcomb’: Bushel’s Case

David Perry QC19th July 20211st October 2021
According to Clarendon, Sir John Kelyng (pronounced ‘Keeling’) was ‘a person of eminent learning, eminent suffering, never wore his gown after Rebellion, and was always in gaol’. As a judge,...

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