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“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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Remote Courts – a view from home and abroad (Part 2)

Annabel Darlow QC6th July 20203rd July 2020

Our previous post reviewed the use of remote courts in domestic criminal proceedings and considered how the sharp increase in the courts’ use of technology may continue after the current...

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The end of the jury trial as we know it?

Adam Payter30th June 2020

The Secretary of State for Justice recently confirmed that the government is considering whether to introduce primary legislation to suspend jury trials for offences triable either way as a way...

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Remote courts – a view from home and abroad (Part 1)

Annabel Darlow QC23rd June 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a significant change in how courts conduct their business, both here and abroad. This post considers the position in respect of the use of...

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Thomas More’s voices

David Perry QC9th June 20209th June 2020

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535): Henry VIII’s Chancellor, Erasmus’ intellectual sparring partner, Tyndale’s trenchant critic, the author of the dreamy Utopia (1516), canonised by Pope Pius XI and declared the patron...

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After Elgizouli: what does the judgment mean for mutual legal assistance?

Alex du Sautoy1st June 2020

In Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10, a seven-Justice Supreme Court held that the provision of material by way of mutual legal assistance to...

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Dateline 2120: Will everyone be not guilty by reason of diminished responsibility?

Tim Cray QC28th May 2020

What is left of guilt if science can explain a defendant’s actions? We may be a long way yet from understanding all human behaviour, but recent developments in the law...

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

How Machiavellian was Machiavelli?

‘A Dutiful Boy’ by Mohsin Zaidi

Literary Bounty from the Chambers Family

Remote Courts – a view from home and abroad (Part 2)

The end of the jury trial as we know it?

Remote courts – a view from home and abroad (Part 1)

Thomas More’s voices

After Elgizouli: what does the judgment mean for mutual legal assistance?

Dateline 2120: Will everyone be not guilty by reason of diminished responsibility?

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