Legal Beagle

Ever since pupillage, I've only ever really done criminal work. As many people involved in this area know, we criminal hacks currently l...

Apologies for such a long absence! I spent the whole of last week prosecuting a trial at a court miles away and never seemed to find time to...

I have had an entirely pointless morning today. After spending a significant amount of the weekend preparing a trial, I arrived at court bri...

Being a junior(ish) criminal barrister, I'm always up for thankless tasks which are both time-consuming and tedious. This is why I am o...

I'm off to the Court of Appeal in a couple of weeks to appeal against a sentence and today I received the transcript of the original hea...

Another stunning (albeit insignificant) victory today, this time in an appeal against sentence. When people are convicted and/or sentenced b...

I had a trip to a nearby Magistrates Court today to represent a woman charged with drink-driving. "Wow, how thrilling!" I hear you...