Features

Joseph Giret QC and Anya Newman on boys, toys and unprecedented High Court injunctions.  

On the 1 December 2014, HHJ Owen QC sitting as a High Court judge in Birmingham granted an injunction prohibiting an activity known as Car Cruising across the entire Black Country region. 

Charlotte Proudman on prostitution, sex buyer laws and the “End Demand” campaign.  

End Demand, a new campaign to change laws relating to prostitution, was launched on 22 October 2014. 

Andrew Ford examines the use of s 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act.  

 In June 2013 a pilot scheme was announced by the Justice Secretary “to allow young and vulnerable victims to give evidence and be cross-examined before the trial starts”. 

Colin Edelman QC on professional indemnity insurance for BSB regulated entities and the threatened future of Bar Mutual.  

Self-employed barristers were first compelled to have professional indemnity insurance as a pre-condition for practice in 1980, on the basis that a responsible profession had to have regard to the interest of consumers by ensuring that consumers with valid negligence claims should not be prejudiced by the potential inability of barristers to meet judgments entered against them. 

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Stone Chambers is a leading set of commercial and shipping barristers, based in London and Singapore, specialising in international commercial litigation and arbitration. 

Easter Rising 1916: The Trials  

by Seán Enright 

Merrion Press £18.99 ISBN-13: 978-1908928375 

After a very successful inaugural concert earlier in the year, Andrew Clarke QC reviews the Bar Choral Society’s second concert.  

The Bar Choral Society’s second ever concert took place in Temple Church on 18 November 2014. 

Patrick Spottiswoode on the continuing connection between Shakespeare’s Globe and the Inns of Court and the planned collaborations for 2015.  

Shakespeare’s connection with the Inns of Court is well-known. 

There is no greater time to unite behind international bodies to bring justice to those wronged, writes Lewis Power QC, reporting from the annual International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Toyko.  

Lawyers covened from all corners of the world in Tokyo for the Annual IBA Conference from 19-24 October 2014. 

The conditions were all there for a turbulent trial. Athina Caraba offers a layman’s view of the trial of Michael Piggin and highlights the need for research to ensure trials fully allow for the mental condition of the defendant.  

My interest in the case of Michael Piggin, who stood trial in 2013-14 at the Old Bailey on charges of terrorism based on the allegation that he was going to be a “mass shooter”, is a predominantly criminological one.