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Below are the fee cuts in London on police station work which demonstrates that the average cut will be 35% on – twice the 17.5% claimed by Government. Unacceptable, unsustainable and it is time for this charade to stop. Grayling has form for misusing statistics.…

So Price Competitive Tendering is dead in the water. We can be thankful for that but frankly, it could never have worked and even this Government realised that in the end. What we seem to have in its place is a crude cut of 17.5%…

On 26th July 2013, Coventry Crown Court allowed the appeal against conviction of R v HT on the grounds that he was a victim of human trafficking. HT was a minor when he was convicted of cannabis cultivation charges in June 2012. Philippa Southwell of…

We recently acted in this important hearsay evidence case which eventually, after 8 years of litigation, reminds both the Court of Appeal and the legal profession of the importance of looking behind the hearsay provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The history: • Tahery…

Victim of Human Trafficking Wins Appeal Against Conviction On the 26th June 2014 The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of our client FE, for possession of an identity document with improper intention. FE was trafficked to the UK and had been sexually exploited. We…

On 21st June 2013 the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of THN for cultivation of cannabis in a very important and potentially far reaching decision. The court recognised that victims of human trafficking should not be prosecuted and criminalised for offences committed whilst under…

Norman Lamb MP is a Liberal Democrat and the current Minister for Care and Support. He is also an ex-employment lawyer. On 13th June as I was driving back to London from Wayland prison (ironically close to if not in his constituency) I heard him…

The case against two animal rights activists (E and L) was brought to an end today following a ruling by His Honour Judge Pontius at the Old Bailey. Both defendants were charged with breaching an injunction obtained in the High Court by HLS under the…

The CPS finally agreed to drop proceedings against Virginia Wheeler, the Defence Editor of The Sun newspaper, on 5th June. The Attorney-General entered a nolle prosequi to bring proceedings to an end. The decision of the CPS to request the nolle prosequi is welcomed as…