Ending The “Rough Sex” Defence In Murder Cases.
Written by Shannon O’Connor The passage of the new domestic abuse bill through parliament has been slow. It has now finally managed to make it to the committee stage, with a socially distanced meeting taking place on 4 June 2020 to discuss it. MPs...
Pupillage In Lockdown – Shannon O’Connor
Written by Shannon O’Connor Back in November last year, I wrote a blog entry about my first few months of pupillage. If someone had told me then that I would be wearing pink slippers during my first appearance in the Crown Court, and asking my client to...
Don’t let a footpath claim trip you up. Tim Jacques reviews the recent Court of Appeal decision in Barlow v Wigan MBC.
Background In September 2014 Deborah Barlow was walking in her local park when she tripped over an exposed tree root. As Lord Justice Bean said at the beginning of his judgment: “It might be thought that the question of whether she has a valid legal claim against...