“It is nine months since ‘Falconer’s Folly’ began its roll-out to all 360 magistrates’ courts in England and Wales. This scheme is more properly called ‘speedy justice’ – a system designed to hurry cases through the courts. A trial period in Thames, Camberwell, Coventry and West Cumbria proved that it did just that, according to some official statistics.”
The Times, 13th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Barry George, the man serving a life sentence for the murder of television presenter Jill Dando, has demanded a new legal team three weeks before a second appeal against his conviction is due to begin.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has been criticised for cutting the right of arrested suspects to advice from a qualified lawyer.”
BBC Law in Action, 9th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A bogus lawyer who evaded security at two detention centres and took thousands of pounds from desperate asylum seekers is at the centre of a police investigation. The Home Office confirmed that detectives are examining the activities of Alan Kamara-Francis, a self-styled ‘street barrister’ who claims he has been entering Yarl’s Wood and Oakington detention centres for the past four years to act as a legal adviser to migrants facing deportation.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police are flouting rules to protect people in custody by denying suspects legal representation for ‘intelligence interviews’, lawyers have claimed.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: BBC Law in Action: Police ‘intelligence interviews’
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