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3D Printing and Compliance

3d Printing presents compelling challenges in legal compliance terms. I have spent time today working with a company in central London discussing security issues concerning this new technology. What designs can be uploaded on the web? How can the way the designs

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Reforming Legal Aid

It is so unbearably depressing reading about QASA and the current reforms the Government is trying to push through the criminal justice system. These changes are nothing more than a way of saving money with nothing but lip service paid to

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Detailed Assessment of Costs

I have just been looking at the case law in Cook on Costs on the time limits for applying for detailed assessment of costs and whether the limits can be extended in extenuating circumstances.

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The CPS, Road Traffic Law and Chelsea FC!

Unlike so many lawyers who undertake road traffic work I used to work at the CPS as a Senior Crown Prosecutor and have a far better understanding of how the prosecution approaches and analyses such cases. I have lost count of the

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The Advantages of Having Been on Both Sides

I must have prosecuted and defended hundreds of criminal cases over the years. I lost count a long time ago. Having spent over three years at the CPS I have a unique insight into how this organisation functions. In additon, having

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Schedule 21 and Sentencing Law

I have just finished defending as led counsel in a seven week murder trial. Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 is the relevant legislation for sentencing those who are convicted of murder. There are a range of starting points

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Section 21 and Deposit Protection

I have been working on a tricky landlord and tenant case in which my client served a section 21 notice on a tenant. They had not, however, protected the tenant’s deposit at the time they served the notice which meant that the

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