by Kris | Jul 9, 2020 | Criminal law, Miscellany
Would you step into Stratford if it was your workplace? If Covid-19 is an airborne transmitted virus, why is Stratford Magistrates Court open? How can hand sanitiser and taping off some chairs be enough when people who talk for a living are crammed into small rooms...
by Kris | Jul 1, 2020 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Police, Private client criminal defence
What can you do to move your case along during the corona court backlog? Criminal proceedings hanging over your head can have a big affect on your mental health. The exponential growth of the Magistrates Court backlog of cases means that an unprecedented number of...
by Kris | Jun 18, 2020 | Criminal law, Police, Private client criminal defence
What’s a voluntary police interview – and should you go to it? Imagine this – Your neighbour has a beef with you and it all came to a head a couple of weeks ago. Words were exchanged – and maybe there was a push. You get a phone call...
by Kris | Jun 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Police, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
If this police officer can’t get the search right, how can you have any confidence he can get an arrest right? Should you be pleading guilty just because the police say you are guilty? DRIVER: So you stopped me because I am back? POLICE OFFICER: Yeah…but...
by Kris | Jun 9, 2020 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Despicable You, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Police, Private client criminal defence, Public law, Women & the Law
Is “Fuck Boris” printed on a t-shirt really a breach of s5 of the Public Order Act, 1986? This video encapsulates the danger of thinking, “I must be guilty because the cops say so” – and it really makes my blood boil. The starting point...
by Kris | Apr 24, 2020 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Police, Road Traffic law
Many Americans driving in the UK are scared of being disqualified from driving when they get Penalty Charge Notices, Fixed Penalty Notices and Notices of Intended Prosecution in the mail. They’ve tried to fly below radar on their home state license – but then they’re...
