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‘A Dutiful Boy’ by Mohsin Zaidi

6KBWPosted on 20th August 2020 by 6KBW

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 HillPosted on 12th August 2020 by Miranda Hill and Melanie Cumberland

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 QCPosted on 6th July 2020 by Annabel Darlow QC and Brett Weaver

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 PayterPosted on 30th June 2020 by Adam Payter

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 QCPosted on 23rd June 2020 by Annabel Darlow QC and Brett Weaver

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 QCPosted on 9th June 2020 by David Perry QC and Tom Williams

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 SautoyPosted on 1st June 2020 by Alex du Sautoy

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 QCPosted on 28th May 2020 by Tim Cray QC and Esther Schutzer-Weissmann

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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Weekly Digest: 25 May 2020

6KBWPosted on 25th May 2020 by 6KBW

This week's edition considers one judgment of the Supreme Court and three of the High Court. In R v Adams the Supreme Court considered whether the Secretary of State had to personally...

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Overseas Production Orders – A New Tool to Obtain Foreign Electronic Evidence

Gareth Patterson QCPosted on 25th May 2020 by Gareth Patterson QC and Karl Laird

Introduction For years, prosecutors and defenders have acted in the confident knowledge that obtaining certain types of important electronic evidence from overseas in time for use at trial has been...

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‘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?

Weekly Digest: 25 May 2020

Overseas Production Orders – A New Tool to Obtain Foreign Electronic Evidence

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