ARTICLES by our Direct Access Barristers

Aug 1
2 min

Announcement

I am pleased to announce the pupillage Muhammad Imtiaz. Muhammad brings his considerable experience from other jurisdictions to JSC...

Jul 26
2 min

TORTIOUS CONSPIRACY

Tortious conspiracy involves unlawful means conspiracy and lawful means conspiracy. The first involves: 1. An agreement between at...

Jul 8
5 min

10 ANTI FREE SPEECH ARGUMENTS REBUTTED

In this article I rebut ten anti-free speech arguments succinctly. I consider them to be either facile, disingenuous, misleading or a...

Apr 28
2 min

DIVORCE LAW REFORM - DOES MARRIAGE STILL EXIST?

Perhaps the greatest contribution to the social life of man made by Christianity is — marriage. Christianity brought marriage into the...

Mar 7
3 min

UNJUST ENRICHMENT

Below is an article I published on my previous website. Unjust enrichment is an important area of law about which there is relatively...

Jan 10
6 min

JURY TRIALS

I wrote the article below the line almost 4 years ago on my old website. In light of the verdict of those prosecuted for criminal damage...

Dec 29, 2021
11 min

MANDATORY VACCINATIONS – MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBATE IN BULLET POINTS

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that there may need to be a national conversation about making vaccines[1] for Covid 19...

Nov 18, 2021
4 min

RADICAL PROPOSALS TO CRIMINALISE 'CONVERSION PRACTICES'

HERE is the Cooper Report which recommends criminalising what are described as 'conversion practices'. As to the proposed definition the...

Nov 7, 2021
15 min

'SOFT ATTACKS' ON FREE SPEECH

Below is a three part article written on my old website back in 2018. I was unsure about the using the expression 'soft attacks' then and...

Oct 30, 2021
7 min

HATE SPEECH LAWS - CROSSING A RUBICON

I have previously written about so called ‘hate speech’ laws and have reproduced an article in the appendix below, which contains a link...

Sep 8, 2021
3 min

New Damages Benchmark Set in TWO Libel Judgements Passed On The Same Day

By Tracey McIver Two high profile judgements passed on the same day have both been awarded six-figure damages arguably setting a new...

Aug 8, 2021
5 min

VACCINE PASSPORTS - MY THOUGHTS IN BULLET POINTS - JOSEPH CHIFFERS

1. Selfishness is state of mind. To know whether a person is selfish, one would have to have some understanding of their motivation. If a...

Jul 28, 2021
8 min

FREE SPEECH REPORT BY RECLAIM - RESPONSE TO THE EMPLOYMENT LAW PROPOSALS

HERE is a paper titled ‘In Protection of Freedom of Speech’ by barrister Francis Hoar. It was commissioned by the Reclaim Party. The...

Jul 15, 2021
3 min

EXPERTS & COVID 19 - WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE COURTS

Litigation sometimes involves disputes over esoteric areas that require evidence from experts who are highly qualified in their field....

Jun 19, 2021
3 min

FORSTATER APPEAL - INCREASED PROTECTION FOR PHILOPSHICAL BELIEFS

In a previous ARTICLE, I expressed concern about the final Grainger criterion, namely being worthy of respect in a democratic society,...

May 17, 2021
1 min

Traveller Injunctions

Local authorities will no longer be able to obtain injunctions against “persons unknown”. If they do not appeal successfully, the only...

May 16, 2021
3 min

WILL THE COVID-19 VACCINATION BE MANDATORY?

THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PASSES RESOLUTION 2361 WHICH STATES NO ONE IS TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR NOT...

May 10, 2021
1 min

Head of Chambers Completes 300kg Deadlift

After months of training, Joseph Chiffers, Head of Chambers, has completed the impressive goal of deadlifting 300kg.

Apr 28, 2021
5 min

Maya Forstater and Humpty Dumpty Jurisprudence

The Employment Appeals Tribunal is currently hearing the appeal of Maya Forstater. Ms Forstater brought a claim under the Equality Act...

Apr 27, 2021
1 min

Defendant contests Part 36 offer accepted on the day claimant died

An interesting article in the Gazette where a Defendant contests Part 36 offer accepted on the day the Claimant died....