January 22, 2018
I was invited to talk on LBC radio on the 20th January 2018 to discuss the decision made by the Secretary of State not to pursue a judicial review of the decision made by the parole board in the Worboys case. You can listen to the whole segment here.
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June 28, 2016
A little after the last time the England football team last won the World Cup, a new body called the Parole Board for England and Wales was established. It will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in around a year’s time.
The origins of the word ‘parole’ go back a lot f...
April 18, 2016
Parole, learning disability, autism and fair hearings
In To Kill A Mockingbird, a black man, Tom Robinson, is accused and convicted of raping a white woman. He is represented by a fearless and principled lawyer, Atticus Finch who, despite his best efforts, fails to...
March 17, 2016
It’s possible that there may be a few people who didn’t catch this on Parliament TV yesterday. For those – six things to note from the Lord Chancellor’s detailed responses to questions from the Justice Select Committee about his prison reform plans.
1. He does want to...
February 19, 2016
Cameron’s Prisons Speech (8 February 2016):
David Cameron devoted over 5000 words to the subject of prisons in a major speech last week. Prison Governors featured heavily in Cameron’s speech. They are to be given far greater autonomy and power to change regimes with...
February 11, 2016
Cameron’s Prisons Speech (8 February 2016):
David Cameron devoted over 5000 words to the subject of prisons in a major speech earlier this week. It has been heralded by Downing Street as the first speech on prisons by a serving Prime Minister for over 20 years.
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