Michael Jones KC practised from chambers in South Wales before joining the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in 2009 as the first Senior Crown Advocate in Wales. In 2018 he was appointed Queen’s Counsel, the first ever such appointment from the CPS in Wales. He also remains, in silk, a pupil supervisor. He is a Middle Temple Bencher, a Middle Temple Advocacy Trainer and Student Sponsor, one of three National Advocacy Panel Assessors for the CPS and a member of the national CPS/Bar Diversity and Inclusive Panel. In 2018, he was in the final shortlist of three for the Bar Council’s ‘Employed Barrister of the Year’ Awards. He is a member of the Bar Council and past Chair of its Employed Barristers’ Committee, past Chair of the Employed Bar Society at Middle Temple, Member of the Bench Selection Advisory Committee of Middle Temple, Secretary of the Middle Temple Wales Circuit Society, Member of the Wales and Chester Circuit, a door tenant at 30, Park Place Chambers in Cardiff and Chairman of the Welsh Senedd/Parliamentary Rugby XV.
Mike Jones KC, the first Senior Crown advocate from Wales to take silk, talks about his career pathway, the ‘one Bar’ philosophy and what the future holds
Chair of the Bar finds common ground on legal services between our two jurisdictions, plus an update on jury trials
A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, outlines the drug and alcohol testing options available for family law professionals, and how a new, free guide can help identify the most appropriate testing method for each specific case
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Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the latest ONS data on drug misuse and its implications for toxicology testing in family law cases
An interview with Rob Wagg, CEO of New Park Court Chambers
With at least 31 reports of AI hallucinations in UK legal cases – over 800 worldwide – and judges using AI to assist in judicial decision-making, the risks and benefits are impossible to ignore. Matthew Lee examines how different jurisdictions are responding
What has changed, and why? Paul Secher unpacks the new standards aligning the recruiting, training and appraising of judges – the first major change to the system for ten years
The deprivation of liberty is the most significant power the state can exercise. Drawing on frontline experience, Chris Henley KC explains why replacing trial by jury with judge-only trials risks undermining justice
Baffled by the government’s proposed s 41 reforms and by the Law Commission’s preferred model, Laura Hoyano looks at what won’t work, and what will
Ever wondered what a pupillage is like at the CPS? This Q and A provides an insight into the training, experience and next steps
