• Gemma Burns: It means injustice for all

    Carl Gardner
    March 9, 2014

    Outside the Ministry of Justice on “Grayling Day” on Friday, I spoke to Gemma Burns of Thomas Bingham Chambers, who feels “absolutely passionately” about opposing the government’s legal aid policy, because

    it means injustice for all.

    She […]

  • Hannah Evans: I might not be able to do the job I love

    Carl Gardner
    March 9, 2014

    Hannah Evans was recently made a tenant at her chambers, 23 Essex Street. But, she told Friday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration on Friday,

    clouding the entire experience was the knowledge that I might not be able to […]

  • Laura Janes: Children will not get out of jail

    Carl Gardner
    March 9, 2014

    Laura Janes of the Howard League for Penal Reform spoke at London’s “Grayling Day” demonstration on Friday, about cuts to prison legal aid specifically.

    Mr Grayling has removed most prison law work from legal aid entirely

    she […]

  • Nigel Lithman QC: The whole system is in revolt

    Carl Gardner
    March 9, 2014

    At Friday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration in London, chairman of the Criminal Bar Association Nigel Lithman QC told the audience that

    an indispensable part of our democracy is the criminal justice system. It’s taken centuries to build; […]

  • Russell Fraser: It’s not about fees

    Carl Gardner
    March 9, 2014

    Outside the Ministry of Justice on “Grayling Day” on Friday I spoke to Russell Fraser, a third six pupil at 1 Pump Court, about why he’s opposed to the government’s legal aid policy.

    He mentioned what […]

  • Janis Sharp: When that knock comes to your door

    Carl Gardner
    March 8, 2014

    Janis Sharp, mother of Gary McKinnon, was another of the impressive non-legal speakers yesterday.

    When that knock comes to your door,

    she said

    everyone thinks it won’t be me, but one day, it can be …

    it’s […]

  • Claire Mawer: My issue with Sadiq Khan

    Carl Gardner
    March 8, 2014

    Once the speeches ended at yesterday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration, I caught up with one of the protesters who heckled Sadiq Khan MP: pupil barrister Claire Mawer. She explained to me why she was unhappy with […]

  • Sir Anthony Hooper: This government is destroying equal justice

    Carl Gardner
    March 8, 2014

    In a short speech at yesterday’s “Grayling Day” in London (even less than the three case-managed minutes he allowed himself), the former Court of Appeal judge Sir Anthony Hooper told the demonstration that

    For some sixty […]

  • Paddy Hill: Come out on strike for good

    Carl Gardner
    March 8, 2014

    The speech that went down best at yesterday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration against legal aid cuts came from Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six, who spent sixteen years in prison having been wrongly […]

  • Sadiq Khan MP heckled at “Grayling Day” demo

    Carl Gardner
    March 7, 2014

    Shadow Lord Chancellor Sadiq Khan MP has a slightly rougher ride than he might have hoped for at today’s demonstration against legal aid cuts. Although his speech was broadly well received, for the first time […]