Evidence - bad character, hearsay and anonymous witness statements webinar - Lexis Nexis, Criminal Law series.

Joel Bennathan QC, counsel in the case of Al Khawaja, will present this webinar chaired by Professor David Ormerod, Professor of Criminal Justice, Queen Mary University, London.
28 March 2012 | Details & how to book | more events

Welcome
Tooks Chambers is a large, modern and efficient set of barristers united in their commitment to access to justice and representation without fear or favour. Founded on 1st May 1984 at the height of the Miners' Strike, much of Tooks' early work was defending miners wrongly accused of riot and affray. Members' expertise now extends across criminal and civil specialist areas of law but with an emphasis on protecting the individual against the interests of the state.

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• Joel Bennathan QC to Speak at the Conference on Criminal law in Dublin
  The Bar Council is holding a conference on criminal law on Saturday 28th March 2012 in Dublin.
  26 January 2012
• Much Copied But Never Equalled
  A barrister impersonated Joel Bennathan QC in an attempt to discredit a court official who had accused him of rudeness. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, they say …
  26 January 2012
• Juries or Justice?
  In his Letter to the Editor of The Times published today, Michael Magarian QC asks if scrapping juries will result in more power for the police.
  18 January 2012
• Michael Mansfield QC Comments on Abolishing Trial by Jury
  Michael Mansfield comments that bashing trial by jury is pathetically predictable ....'Governments needing a facelift often attempt to curtail jury trial. Quick-fix supermarket justice must be resisted'
  18 January 2012
• Joel Bennathan QC to Present Evidence - Bad Character, Hearsay and Anonymous Witness Statements Webinar
  Joel Bennathan QC, counsel in the case of Al Khawaja, will present this webinar in the Lexis Nexis Criminal Law series.
  17 January 2012
• ‘Can jobseekers be choosers?’
  Jane Russell was interviewed by Petrie Hoskin of LBC during a live radio show on Saturday 14 January 2012 about issues concerning the case of Cait Reilly, who is suing the government for being made to work at Poundland.
  17 January 2012
• Ay Family Win Compensation for Lengthy Unlawful Detention
  The Ay family are Kurdish asylum seekers who came to the UK to escape persecution in Turkey. The Home Office has agreed to pay them a 6-figure sum of compensation in an out of court settlement following a civil action against the UK government for the ordeal of their time in detention
  9 January 2012
• The Stephen Lawrence Verdict
  Michael Mansfield QC welcomed the guilty verdicts in the trial of Gary Dobson and David Norris who were convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Michael Mansfield and Stephen Kamlish from Tooks Chambers represented the Lawrence family in the inquest into Stephen Lawrence’s death and the subsequent public inquiry.
  4 January 2012
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Allison Munroe

Allison is an established criminal practitioner having conducted criminal cases in a wide range of areas including drugs importations, serious assaults, firearms offences, money laundering, armed robberies, armed robberies, large scale drug importations.

Additionally, she is an experienced family practitioner having been instructed on complex High Court public law matters, and has successfully appealed and been led on appeals in the High Court. In both fields she often represents young or vulnerable defendants or parents.

Throughout her career at the Bar, Allison has also conducted Mental Health Review Tribunals and Inquests. She is also a member of the Prison Law team.   

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