Anything that might embarrass the Lord Chancellor?
In September 2012, David Cameron chose to appoint Chris Grayling as the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. It provides – Qualifications for office … Continue reading
The MoJ and Jajo, the interpreting rabbit
An interpreter is a person who converts a thought or expression in a source language into an expression with a comparable meaning in a target language either simultaneously in “real time” or … Continue reading
Lord Beecham attacks Chris Grayling – Lord McNally responds
I can only record 3 minutes on Audioboo because I’m too mean to pay for a premium account. Call it an austerity measure. If you want to hear more – … Continue reading
The Ministry of Silly Talks
Debate: Interpreting and translation services and the Applied Language Solutions contract. LINK to Parliament TV Player: Westminster Hall – Meeting started on Thursday 20 June at 1.30pm. The Public Accounts Committee … Continue reading
Lord McNally’s balloons
Law in action full programme Justice Committee transcript Justice Committee Video Forgive us, Lord, if we have failed to understand what you wanted. . Lord McNally, I listened to Joshua … Continue reading
Spin
The tactic of the MoJ has been to attack and demonize legal aid lawyers as greedy and grossly overpaid in order to destroy our credibility and drown out our arguments … Continue reading
LHC response
Lincoln House Chambers Response to Consultation CP14/2013 “Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and efficient system” We are a chambers of 14 QCs and 50 junior barristers; many of … Continue reading
Liberal Democrats need a big nudge
We have to persuade the Liberal Democrat MPs who haven’t signed the Early Day Motion that they must. It accords almost precisely with their party’s policy. Most of them don’t … Continue reading
Friends’ House
On 22nd May 2013 the Justice for Sale meeting was held at Friends’ House, Euston. Once upon a time there was another meeting at the same venue. I was struggling to … Continue reading
Keep calm, stay united
We’ve achieved a tremendous amount as a united profession since the publication of the consultation on 9th April. Here are just some highlights – An early day motion has been … Continue reading
Choice and government policy
PM’s Speech on Open Public Services 11 July 2011 – Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speech setting out the principles underpinning the reform and modernisation of public services. His speech … Continue reading
Why 2 petitions?
There were some messages on Twitter recently asking why there are 2 petitions. The explanation from the Bar Council is in the email below. Since posting this page I’ve been … Continue reading
Groundhog Day
I know a lot of very good people who work in the criminal justice system (CJS). They have been treated quite appallingly by one government (and one Lord Chancellor) after … Continue reading
Guy Gozem 