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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...
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 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,...
Crime General

Drill music as bad character evidence

Sasha Wass QC13th June 202113th June 2021
Introduction The past decade has seen the emergence of ‘drill music’ content increasingly used by the prosecution in criminal trials involving young, black, male defendants accused of gang-related offences. The...
Crime General Public and civil law

Maintaining public order vs. the right to protest – the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Annabel Darlow QC16th April 202116th April 2021
The recent riots in Bristol and the police response to the Sarah Everard vigil have both served to spark a wider debate on the proper parameters that the legislature should...
Crime General

“Egregious” failings in expert evidence: a shot across the bows from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Simon Ray17th February 2021
The conjoined appeals in R v Byrne and ors. [2021] EWCA Crim 107 related to the safety of convictions arising from separate trials in which the Crown had instructed the same expert,...
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How Machiavellian was Machiavelli?

David Perry QC7th December 20207th December 2020
In his slim book The Prince (published 1532, written in 1513), Niccolò Machiavelli made his now notorious assertion that the prince who hopes to succeed must learn ‘how not to...
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‘A Dutiful Boy’ by Mohsin Zaidi

6KBW20th August 202019th August 2020
Chambers is extremely proud that Mohsin Zaidi’s memoir ‘A Dutiful Boy’ is published today, 20 August 2020. This exceptional and brave book highlights Mohsin’s personal experiences as a young, gay Muslim. Chambers supports...
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Literary Bounty from the Chambers Family

Miranda Hill12th August 2020
While 2020 has seen parts of our legal system in a state of near paralysis, this year has been characterised by extraordinary accomplishments on the part of three exceptionally talented...

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