Justice Matters

As publicity and concern grow over life support and best interest cases, Rosalind English provides an overview of the courts’ approach  

By Sir Paul Jenkins KCB QC 

Reprinted with the kind permission of  The Middle Templar (Michaelmas 2017 edition)  

Crowdsourcing court decisions? Will it ever take over from the pedigree and reputation of the Bar? By Simon Gittins 

Unmonied and painfully shy, 14-year-old northener Louise Brandon caught the Bar bug and proved naysayers wrong. She looks back on her own experience to assess how far the Bar has come in terms of tapping into the ‘talent elite’  

What’s your view on social mobility and its vital signs at the Bar? Michael Todd QC, Leslie Thomas QC, Alice de Coverley, Daisy Mortimer, Dr Tunde Okewale MBE, Sharon Laurence and James Keeley assess its state of health  

Peter Susman QC updates his December 2017 article by trying to answer two further questions he has been asked by a number of readers  

With events such as the Paradise Papers increasing pressure on government to deal with tax evasion, and bodies corporate on the cusp of prosecution, Anthony Eskander explains what’s in force, what’s coming next and the relevance to barristers  

In the aftermath of recent disclosure failures, John Warboys release and the case of Poppi Worthington, being able to talk openly is absolutely critical if we are to repair confidence in the justice system, argues Lucy Reed  

David Josse QC discusses Slobodan Praljak’s dramatic death  

Democracy is undermined if we silence whistleblowing sources in the public sector, argues Lucie Wibberley, who reports on the key issues arising from the trial of prison officer Robert Norman  

Robert Norman, a journalistic source and prison officer, was jailed in 2015 for providing truthful accounts of the difficulties and dangers at HMP Belmarsh to journalist Stephen Moyes, in return for payment by the Daily Mirror and News of the World.