Insights from Daniel Woodman & Co

[Image credit: “Henry Street sign” by Adrian Cable is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0] It is now a common feature of criminal cases that confiscation of an offender’s assets is […]

[Image credit: “Intimacy at New Year #1” by Thijs Paanakker is licensed under CC BY 2.0] A vast number of sexual offence cases revolve around the issue of consent. In […]

[Image credit: “£50 note” by HowardLake is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0] A peculiar aspect of the criminal costs regime is that a private prosecutor can apply for their costs […]

[Image credit: “Cliffs of Moher” by Ian Capper is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0] Ellis Thomas pleaded guilty to a relatively minor public order offence and was sentenced to a […]

[Image credit: National Crime Agency, Crown Copyright reproduced under licence] The National Crime Agency this week announced that it had infiltrated the secure messaging system ‘Encrochat’, […]

[Image credit: “The Royal Courts of Justice” by R/DV/RS is licensed under CC BY 2.0] Jury Trials and Covid 19 In a startling announcement, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland admitted that […]

(Image: “protest” by jpbourque is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) As we slowly exit the Covid19 ‘lockdown’ we have seen several protests in major cities. As life moves toward a […]

(Image: “Bench” by Loozrboy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) In cases where there is more than one defendant, it is a common scenario that one of more pleads guilty, […]

On Sunday 7 June protesters in Bristol tore down the statue of Edward Colston and swiftly deposited it in the local harbour. The statute had been […]

Although there is a general principle of open justice, that those who appear in court can be reported on, there are some exceptions. It is a […]