Data Protection Day—enforcement of Corporate Crime
In a recent interview for Lexis PSL, Ian Whitehurst explains the area of corporate crime enforcement in light of the forthcoming General Data Protection...
Edward Grant and Emmaline Lambert to speak at the RTPI 2016 Planning Law Conference
Edward Grant and Emmaline Lambert have been invited to speak at the forthcoming 2016 RTPI annual Planning Law Conference. The Conference will take place...
Mock Public Inquiry – Friday 18th March
Six Pump Court in association with The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London will be presenting this Mock Inquiry on Friday...
Oliver Saxby QC and Danny Moore to deliver CPS South East Sex Abuse Seminar
Oliver Saxby QC and Danny Moore are to give a seminar on the investigation, preparation and presentation of allegations of historical sexual abuse and...
Best Lawyers UK recognises leading individuals at Six Pump Court Chambers
Best Lawyers was established in the USA in 1983 and describes itself as “the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal...
Murder Acquittal
Jonathan Cudworth, represented by Oliver Saxby QC, was acquitted of murder on Friday following a 4 week trial, his defence of loss of control...
Anatomy of an Impossible Trial for Child Exploitation
Richard Barraclough QC has written a commentary on a recent case in which he was Leading Counsel for one of the defendants. The case...
Environmental Enforcement – looking ahead to 2016
In a further interview for LexisPSL, Christopher Badger looks ahead to the likely developments in 2016 in the area of environmental enforcement. Christopher comments...
Environmental Enforcement – 2015 in review
In an interview for LexisPSL, Christopher Badger looks at the most significant developments that have affected the area of environmental enforcement. Christopher comments on...
Acting in historical sex abuse trials: Oliver Saxby QC provides an insight into the challenges involved
In this series of case studies Oliver Saxby QC analyses three very substantial historical sex abuse trials in which he was involved over the...
COP and post COP: Climate change law in and after Paris
On Thursday 21st January, Six Pump Court will host an event entitled ‘COP and post COP: Climate change law in and after Paris’. The...
The Paris Agreement: Symbolism rather than historical significance
The homepage of the UNFCCC website, like most of the post-COP21 publicity, proclaims the Paris Agreement to be “historic”. It adds, as a sub-heading, that 195 countries have “set a path to keep temperature rises well below 2 degrees Celsius”.
BBC Radio 4 interview with David Travers QC on food safety cases
On BBC4's 'You & Yours' programme on Friday 18th December, David Travers QC spoke on the topic of food safety and specifically, how the...
Leeds Sex Abuse Trial: Oliver Saxby QC and Kieran Brand secure acquittals on majority of charges
After 2 weeks in retirement, the jury in the trial of James Carragher returned their verdicts at around lunchtime yesterday. Mr Carragher faced 62...
Oliver Saxby QC begins Cudworth murder defence
The trial of Jon Cudworth began on Monday. Mr Cudworth faces an allegation of murder. The Crown allege that in what was a 'cold...
The truth about what will really enable us to tackle climate change effectively
At the heart of any discourse are assumptions that are taken to be beyond question. The dominant climate change discourse encircling the current COP21 negotiations is based on several such assumptions which therefore lie outside the scope of what is being discussed, not only by ministers and negotiators, but by also commentators.
Keeping up with the PACE 1984
In a recent article for Lexis PSL, Kristiina Reed examines the recent revisions to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE 1984) and...
Simon Taylor and Tom Dunn begin prosecution in murder trial
Simon Taylor and Tom Dunn, instructed by the South Eastern Case Work Unit of the CPS, begin the prosecution of Alison Tomlin and John...
13 pages down – update on the text at the midway point
Posted by: Frances Lawson Four days of fervent negotiations have delivered what the COP21 hosts had requested – another revised version of the Paris...
Why Obama’s fine words have fallen too late
Posted by: Frances Lawson Of the various COP21 headlines that have hit the media during the first few days of the conference, one of...