The appalling attack in Kent on Tuesday against the British Army’s Lt Col Mark Teeton has seen the arrest and immediate prosecution of a suspect, Mr Anthony Esan, for attempted murder. In drafting another post, yet to be published, I was thinking back over cases of attempted murder because this offence often helps us infer […]

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The Right Care, Right Person programme has turned up in a highly unexpected place – the appeal of a British citizen against extradition from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland to face criminal prosecution.  This post will be brief, not least because leading barrister Alex Ruck-Keene KC has already published a comprehensive post […]

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The first King’s Speech of the new Parliament contained prominent mention of a new Mental Health Bill – something which was entirely absent from the previous King’s Speech in late 2023.  This is not new news – it pledges to continue the process of mental health law reform which most relevantly began when Professor Sir […]

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