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Criminal barristers struggle to afford fuel, children and homes

"I can't write to United Utilities and say - I might be able to pay you in about two years' time"

Liverpool Echo

Barristers walk out of Bristol Crown Court in dispute with Government over 'below minimum wage' pay

"We became barristers because we believe in justice. Our system exists to ensure that the guilty are punished and that the innocent are acquitted"

Bristol Post

Greater Manchester Police officer sacked after stalking and harassment convictions involving ex-wife and her new partner

PC Gareth Walker was dismissed without notice at a misconduct hearing

Manchester Evening News

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Are we the bad guys in Wagatha Christie and Depp vs Heard sagas?

When I was a schoolboy, there was nothing I enjoyed more than exaggerating a mild sniffle, sloping off school and settling down to another riveting episode of the fictional daytime Granada TV trial, Crown Court. It taught me the thrill and jeopardy of a courtroom drama early. Let’s call it…

Evening Standard

Comedian joked about child abuse... and is then unmasked as vile paedophile who paid fixers to live stream children being molested

Eamon Goodfellow, who ran comedy nights in Cheshire, sourced children under 13 in Romania and the Philippines for abuse

Manchester Evening News

Sir Bob Neill: Our courts are on life support. This government must act now

Increasing the capacity of the courts needs to be a government priority over the next decade. Earlier this week the BBC rightly drew attention to delays in the Crown Court and their devasting impact on those waiting for justice.

Evening Standard

‘Crumbling’ criminal justice system hampered by £1bn repair bill and lack of judges - MPs

MPs have demanded a plan from government to tackle a £1 billion court maintenance backlog and a lack of judges which are hampering the criminal justice recovery.

Evening Standard

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Lawyers refuse to defend cases at Newcastle Crown Court in furious protest over funding

The Ministry of Justice has called on on barristers to abandon planned protest action

Chronicle Live

Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens chooses jury trial over indecent exposure claims

Couzens appeared in court and will return to the Old Bailey in May

The Independent UK

Jury trial for Wayne Couzens over ‘indecent exposure’ charges

Sarah Everard’s killer appeared via videolink from HMP Frankland.

The Independent UK

The controversial buildings that still divide opinion on Merseyside

Some are loved, some are hated, but everybody has a view on them

Liverpool Echo

‘Fashioned for caucasian hair’: Barrister calls for UK courts to ban wigs

Wigs must be worn during trials before the Crown Court

The Independent UK

Moment killer Ian Stewart is arrested for wife's murder after killing second lover

Twisted Ian Stewart has today been found guilty of murdering wife Diane Stewart six years before killing fiancee Helen Bailey at Huntingdon Crown Court

Daily Mirror

Magistrates to be given power to jail offenders for up to a year to help clear court delays

Critics warn change could make Crown Court delays even worse

The Independent UK

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