ARTICLES by our Direct Access Barristers

You-tuber Alex Belfield was sentenced yesterday to 5 and half years in prison for several counts of harassment. The sentencing remarks...

I am pleased to announce the pupillage Muhammad Imtiaz. Muhammad brings his considerable experience from other jurisdictions to JSC...

Tortious conspiracy involves unlawful means conspiracy and lawful means conspiracy. The first involves: 1. An agreement between at...

In this article I rebut ten anti-free speech arguments succinctly. I consider them to be either facile, disingenuous, misleading or a...

Perhaps the greatest contribution to the social life of man made by Christianity is — marriage. Christianity brought marriage into the...

Below is an article I published on my previous website. Unjust enrichment is an important area of law about which there is relatively...

I wrote the article below the line almost 4 years ago on my old website. In light of the verdict of those prosecuted for criminal damage...

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that there may need to be a national conversation about making vaccines[1] for Covid 19...

HERE is the Cooper Report which recommends criminalising what are described as 'conversion practices'. As to the proposed definition the...

Below is a three part article written on my old website back in 2018. I was unsure about the using the expression 'soft attacks' then and...

I have previously written about so called ‘hate speech’ laws and have reproduced an article in the appendix below, which contains a link...

By Tracey McIver Two high profile judgements passed on the same day have both been awarded six-figure damages arguably setting a new...

1. Selfishness is state of mind. To know whether a person is selfish, one would have to have some understanding of their motivation. If a...

HERE is a paper titled ‘In Protection of Freedom of Speech’ by barrister Francis Hoar. It was commissioned by the Reclaim Party. The...

Litigation sometimes involves disputes over esoteric areas that require evidence from experts who are highly qualified in their field....

In a previous ARTICLE, I expressed concern about the final Grainger criterion, namely being worthy of respect in a democratic society,...

Local authorities will no longer be able to obtain injunctions against “persons unknown”. If they do not appeal successfully, the only...

After months of training, Joseph Chiffers, Head of Chambers, has completed the impressive goal of deadlifting 300kg.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal is currently hearing the appeal of Maya Forstater. Ms Forstater brought a claim under the Equality Act...

An interesting article in the Gazette where a Defendant contests Part 36 offer accepted on the day the Claimant died....