QCs

Hugh Tomlinson QC, a partner at Matrix Chambers, says a "very strong majority of QCs think there should be cameras in court in cases which don't involve witnesses", but that most oppose their presence in criminal cases.

Should TV cameras be allowed inside UK law courts? 2011

But critics, including some QCs, say victims could be traumatised by the prospect of taking the stand while the cameras roll, and argue it will be far easier to identify and intimidate witnesses and juries if cases are filmed.

Should TV cameras be allowed inside UK law courts? 2011

One of the QCs told me that, after my release, he'd gone into his local newsagent, and someone in the queue saw the headline in the paper and said: 'Wow!

Christopher Jefferies: 'It was like having your personality left in ruins' 2011

Suárez's lawyer told the commission that Evra was completely and deliberately making it up when, immediately after the match, he told four team-mates that Suárez had said to him: "I don't speak to blacks" and sustained the allegation for three months, through an FA investigation, to a full two-day hearing with QCs, as "vengeance" for Suárez fouling him and then not apologising.

Onus on clubs to prevent ugly spectre of racism rearing its head again | David Conn 2012

Hugh Tomlinson QC, a partner at Matrix Chambers, says a "very strong majority of QCs think there should be cameras in court in cases which don't involve witnesses", but that most oppose their presence in criminal cases.

Should TV cameras be allowed inside UK law courts? 2011

But critics, including some QCs, say victims could be traumatised by the prospect of taking the stand while the cameras roll, and argue it will be far easier to identify and intimidate witnesses and juries if cases are filmed.

Should TV cameras be allowed inside UK law courts? 2011

Does he mean that the QCs and former chief constables on the PCC now, chosen by an entirely non-press nominations committee, aren't independent?

It's worth remembering: press freedom is a messy business 2011

Two independent QCs have been acting as arbiters between the two sides.

Guantánamo Bay detainees to be paid compensation by UK government Patrick Wintour 2010

A new selection system, set up to encourage diversity, has resulted in a drop in the number of new female QCs and the lowest proportion of ethnic minority lawyers given the honour since 2001.

The Law Of Unintended Consequences? 2008

A new selection system, set up to encourage diversity, has resulted in a drop in the number of new female QCs and the lowest proportion of ethnic minority lawyers given the honour since 2001.

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