Families with 4 year olds born in lockdown! We need your help to learn more about early talking and thinking skills. Free tablet for taking part 😎. Please use the QR code in the video below or DM me with any questions! Please also share 🙏🏻

Good morning from a London crown court where a hearing involving 18 defendants, 16 barristers, & a High Court judge is delayed by an hour-and-a-half (and counting) because one prison hasn't set up a videolink It's hot, the waste of resources is huge, and the problem is ongoing

Intermediaries for Justice's close colleague Professor Lucy Henry and colleagues at the Born In Covid Year - Core Lockdown Effects team are making great progress with the research on ‘Born in the year of Covid' and are now recruiting for children born between July 19th 2021 and October 19th 2021. If you or a family

'Completely unacceptable' as prisoner in coma put in handcuffs lancs.live/news/lancashir…

A year on and predictably things are worse.

I'm in the Metro newspaper today talking about the family court harms that domestic abuse victim-survivor mothers and children are facing. I hope that articles like this in such a mainstream news outlet read by millions of UK commuters on trains and buses will raise some

PETER HITCHENS: Save and strengthen the jury and protect your own liberty. Juries are being unfairly blamed for snarl-ups in the justice system which have wholly different causes. mol.im/a/14889901 via Mail Online

Today over 1 in 5 of available Crown Courts are shut; 106 available but not sitting. The backlog at end March 2025 was 76,957, up 5% in 6 months, or 3,839 more coinciding with Ministry of Justice starting to cap sitting days. Today 7 of the Old Bailey’s 18 courts are shut, 40% closed.

📢 New APPG reports reveal rights violations in police custody — from traumatic strip-searches to excessive detention. They centre children's voices and call for urgent reform. Read more 👇 bit.ly/40a1ahv bit.ly/3TyQgOu

'You do not speak, we know how old you are, we will put this as your real age' manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

“We should think very carefully before removing the right to trial by jury. Once it is removed, it will not return. Pragmatism is essential, but fundamental principles must not yield to expediency. We must eliminate the delay but not at the expensive of fairness.” CBA treasurer

The backlogs of cases in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts are a national disgrace.  Added together, they amount to almost 400,000 cases and they are rising. Behind each of the cases is a human story.

The Leveson Review - our view: Other changes will cost, but before we spend millions or billions of pounds on a new scheme, we urge the Government to do two things:  1 Open all the court rooms across England and Wales which sit empty every day. 2 Use efficiency processes to

Why juries matter. The right to jury trial. CBA Chair Mary Prior KC in discussion with LBC’s Andrew Marr on ‘Tonight’, explaining proposals set out in the Government commissioned Review of the Criminal Courts by Sir Brian Leveson. 33m58s for 8minutes. globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/uk…

Listen to CBA Chair Mary Prior KC in discussion with LBC’s Andrew Marr, explaining proposals set out in the Government commissioned Review of the Criminal Courts by Sir Brian Leveson. Why #juries matter. The right to jury trial. Catch up here.

The Leveson Review Criminal barristers Please complete the CBA snap survey on the Leveson Review. The deadline for responses is 10am Wednesday 23 July. Thank you. We are grateful for your time.

Sunday is survey day 3 days to go Criminal barristers please complete the CBA snap survey on the Leveson Review. The deadline for responses is 10am Wednesday 23 July. OneBarNone. Stronger together. Your voice, our criminal bar. Thank you. We are grateful for your time.