News and Thoughts #courts

Some thoughts on the latest excitements regarding the sentencing council's guidelines regarding pre-sentence reports. Whilst a concern, this is hiding the deeper problems we face. And we're all being distracted in the process.

As part of Sir Brian Leveson's call for evidence, Will (among many others) writes to Sir Brian. In this letter I tackle the ownership of Justice within a community, the dangers of order-following, the Constitutional requirement of Juries and some further suggestions.

Please watch my approx. 30 min presentation what is likely to be a new attack on Trial by Jury. This is off the back of a crisis in the Justice system in which we have a backlog of approx 73000 cases.

Will to deliver a full day, in-person course in Totnes, Devon - 15th September