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Problem-Solving Courts (PSC) - Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

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Senior Partner, Paul Harris, comments on the Governments "ground breaking" new proposals announced on 17 July 2022 to address drug and alcohol addicted crime in new "Problem Solving Courts (PSC)" The Government's...

Edward Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson again ranked in Chambers and Partners

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Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world's leading lawyers. Edward Fail, Bradshaw and Waterson are delighted to once again be recommended...

Edward Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson once again ranked in the Legal 500

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The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions and is the client guide to the best law firms. We are delighted that we are once again recommended again for our expertise in crime. Edward Fail, Bradshaw &...

Open Letter to HMP Pentonville

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An open letter to Ian Blakeman, Governor of HMP Pentonville concerning access to HMP Pentonville with electronic tablets Dear Sir, Re: Access to HMP Pentonville with Tablets My partner, Natalie Berman attended HMP Pentonville this morning,...

ADDENDUM PRESS RELEASE: RE HILLSBOROUGH VERDICT

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Our first press release can be found here On behalf of Alan Foster: Introduction We of course accept the verdict of the Inquest of unlawful killing. However, this trial was not about how people tragically died on that day. We entirely...

Press Release: Alan Stanley Foster

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The Ruling and Appendix can be found here Today, Mr Justice William Davis ruled there was no case to answer Mr Foster's sympathy remains with the families of and those who tragically lost their lives on 15th April 1989. Such sympathy...

Press Release: What next for those wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office?

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Judgment on the Post Office Appeals We are pleased that the convictions of our Post Office Appeal clients have finally been quashed today. The Court of Appeal found both categories of abuse in each of their cases. The successful Appeal against the private...

Remote Hearings: an opportunity to modernise the criminal justice system

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Remote hearings were introduced early in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 January 2021, the Lord Chief Justice published guidance in light of the third lockdown and stated that “ No participant in legal proceedings should be...

Press Release: Post Office Appeals

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Paul Harris and instructed Counsel, Sam Stein QC of Nexus Chambers are delighted for our clients Scott Darlington, Rubbina Shaheen and Peter Holmes (deceased) represented by his wife Marion Holmes that the Post Office have indicated that...

Paul Harris celebrates 30 years at Edward Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson

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Today marks thirty years since I started work at Edward Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson Solicitors as a trainee solicitor. My training principal was John Lafferty, who ran the firm for many years before becoming a Crown Court Judge at...

Press Release: Frank Ludlow

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Mr Ludlow received a 10-month suspended sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaches of the regulatory regime by manufacturing, possessing and attempting to supply an unauthorised medicinal product labelled as ‘Trinity...

Reply to: Judge-only trials would let courts get back to work

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Reply to: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/judge-only-trials-would-let-courts-get-back-to-work-j2fjp9pxw In The Times this morning former High Court Judge Sir Richard Henriques advocates that the only way forward in terms of retaining...

MISSING PERSONS AD: Where are the Judges?

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The Criminal Justice System is collapsing for a number of different reasons. One of the main problems though is cases are being constantly delayed and inappropriately put off because of a lack of Judges to try cases. We had a case a listed at the Old...

Bye Bye CPR committee

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So today I say goodbye to the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee after 8 years as one of the 2 solicitor representatives. There are some (even in my office) who are not always that complimentary about this committee and the effect it has had on the Criminal...

Paul Harris Awarded

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Paul Harris has been awarded with an honorary life membership to the London Criminal Courts Association (LCCSA) as a reflection of his outstanding work for the profession and to the LCCSA committee....