Rioting Sentences, are they fair? - John Goodwin
11th April 2012 - Cohen Cramer
Of course they aren't! - John Goodwin gives us his opinion of the recent sentencing for those who committed minor offences during the riots. Read More >
Of course they aren't! - John Goodwin gives us his opinion of the recent sentencing for those who committed minor offences during the riots. Read More >
A client recently asked me if I believed in the honours system. I thought at first it was a strange question for a lawyer. But as lawyers we need to have views on what is happening around us and we need to know what is going on in the world. Representing people charged with fraud offences I need to understand the financial world and have an insight into human nature. Read More >
The number of people using cannabis in the UK is massive. People of all ages and backgrounds enjoy this drug. “Cannabis grows”, properties used for its growth, are all over the place from the leafy suburbs to light industrial units. And yet it remains illegal.... Read More >
A client of mine recently asked me for my opinion on the proposed increase of the speed limit on motorways from 70 mph to 80 mph. I represent a lot of people who are annoyed when they are stopped for speeding or flashed by speed cameras and their speed is not greatly over the limit. The simple science of the matter is that the faster you go the more damage you cause when there is a collision. Read More >
Well obviously a gay Bolivian couple with a cat are not going to be flavour of the month with the right wing. But you have to wonder why “human rights” has become synonymous with “broken Britain” After the Second World War the European Convention on human rights was brought in to protect the rights of individuals not to be subjected ever again to the total disregard for liberty of the Nazis. Winston Churchill was all in favour of this Convention, a great man but hardly a “bleeding heart liberal”. Read More >
The world’s media became obsessed recently with the Amanda Knox and Raphael Sollecito appeal against their conviction for the murder of the Leeds University student Meredith Kercher. Read More >
