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What do Spider-Man and Superman teach us about criminal justice?

Lessons in law from the pages of comic books

Jun 7 2016 11:16am
Review: My experience being a jury member at a comedy criminal trial

Katie King reviews ‘This Is Your Trial’, the acclaimed improv show

Jun 7 2016 9:02am
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R v Jogee – A Supreme Court betrayal

The campaign against the joint enterprise doctrine is not over

May 13 2016 12:22pm
Man behind criminal law syllabus shake up to face retrial for murder

An appeal by Ameen Jogee saw the law on joint enterprise drastically changed, but his fate still hangs in the balance

Apr 7 2016 4:07pm
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Joshua Rozenberg: Delayed legal highs law will be a fruitful ground for litigation — when it’s finally implemented

Poppers are probably exempt from the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, but no one is quite sure about jalapeño peppers

Apr 7 2016 10:05am
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Making a Murderer: Is our criminal appeals process any better?

The factually guilty routinely ‘let off on a technicality’, while the factually innocent stay in prison

Apr 5 2016 11:30am

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Coroners and Justice Act 2009: Is it a blessing or just further stressing?

The introduction of the loss of control defence is a step backwards for the criminal law

Mar 30 2016 2:35pm
Staggering 99.9% conviction rate in China revealed

An ode to Chinese defence lawyers

Mar 14 2016 3:31pm
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It’s not the judiciary’s place to stop people having kinky sex

Judges need to stop being so vanilla — and stop meddling in our sex lives

Mar 10 2016 10:22am
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The ‘justice gap’ in sexual offences: Why is the criminal justice system failing rape victims?

Conviction rates are depressingly low

Mar 3 2016 12:06pm
Emoji law: Barristers brace for UK cases after American girl charged for using gun symbol on Instagram

There’s a new way to criminally harass people

Mar 2 2016 11:34am
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A critical analysis of the R v Taylor Supreme Court judgment

Taking a vehicle and killing someone with it is no longer enough to be convicted of aggravated vehicle taking

Feb 11 2016 11:14am

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Policing the police — when does discretion become dangerous?

Excessive discretion runs counter to criminal justice goals

Jan 31 2016 6:38pm
‘Stop and search’ survives human rights challenge following row on a London bus

Supreme Court backs existing criminal law

Dec 17 2015 1:21pm
Nottingham Trent law student jailed for naked photos Snapchat blackmail

First year’s legal career hopes hanging by a thread

Oct 19 2015 12:49pm