Curiously Confused

This morning’s BBC News contains an article about a very sad homicide incident in 2019. It relates to the victim’s daughter calling for more support for victim’s of homicides, but in Karen Cooper’s particular case, it was a doubly-tragic event because her father was killed and her mother seriously injured by her younger brother, Gary. […]

Thomas Orchard Inquest

On the 6th November 2023 – an Article 2, jury inquest will commence in Exeter after the death of Thomas Orchard in the city over a decade ago. Thomas died in police custody in October 2012, more than eleven years prior to these proceedings beginning and it’s the single longest period I’ve yet known for […]

Section 21 MHA

Here we are, more than a decade in to this blog, almost 1,000 posts about various topics and a question came up today which I instantly knew we hadn’t covered – because it doesn’t come up very often at all. There’s loads of law in this one, so ensure you have a hot, sweet beverage […]