Contempt jailings should never be secret, leading judges warn

No one found guilty of contempt should be jailed in secret, two of the country’s most senior judges have declared in a strong stand for open justice.

The lord chief justice Lord Judge (pictured) and Sir James Munby, who is both head of the High Court’s Family Division and the Court of Protection, issued practice guidance today stating that people should ‘never’ be sent to prison without the public being told.

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News | Law Gazette



Conveyancing Solicitors Sevenoaks

Why I quit the Lib Dems over secret courts

by Jo Shaw, executive director of Rosa, the UK women’s fund

Last November, the new president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, gave a lecture entitled: ‘No Judgment, No Justice’.

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Opinion | Law Gazette



Sevenoaks Lawyers

Secret of my success

Such success as I had as a criminal defence lawyer can be attributed to my inspired decision to instruct Wilfrid Fordham.

Before then, my principal, Simpson, had relied for criminal cases on John Averill, a small, curly haired man who became increasingly eccentric and involved with Gladys Spearman-Cook of the School of Universal Philosophy and Healing, later changing his name to hers.

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Obiter | Law Gazette



Sevenoaks Lawyers

Riddle of the brands: the secret formula of kudos

The value of a firm’s brand is tough to put a figure on, but a system used by other industries claims to be able to do just that.
The Lawyer – City



Conveyancing Solicitors Sevenoaks

Riddle of the brands: the secret formula of kudos

The value of a firm’s brand is tough to put a figure on, but a system used by other industries claims to be able to do just that.
The Lawyer – City



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