Save UK Justice – Part One – The Assumptions
When lawyers leave their offices and courtrooms to march and protest in the streets, you can assume something is really wrong. We usually see this happening in less developed or less democratic states....
View ArticleSave UK Justice – Part two – Fat Cats
In yesterday’s post, I listed some of the assumptions that are commonly made about legal aid lawyers, the work we do, and the reasons why we are campaigning against PCT. The first on the list was: The...
View ArticleSave UK Justice – Part Three – It’s about us too
Yesterday my 17 year-old son found he had two voicemail messages from a police officer. He played them to me and asked me what he should do. The messages were necessarily vague and asked him to contact...
View ArticleStillness is the answer – do you take days off?
This morning I woke up and wondered what day it was and what I had to do. Then I wondered if it might be a day off. I am never quite sure, you see. It’s about eight years since I had a traditional,...
View ArticleStillness is the answer – how to prevent an almost-all-nighter from ruining...
I have an odd working life. My professional job is in the criminal justice system, and means that I am almost constantly on call to go out to police stations at all times of the day and night. I was...
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