@barristersecret.bsky.social We may, finally, have an instance of cut-throat prosecution.
If you know a wannabe barrister, tell them about this. FRU work is excellent work experience, the perfect way to develop skills of case analysis, case preparation, and advocacy.
Snigdha
"Pay attention to what people don’t say and what’s not there" - the best advice received by @thetimes.com's Lawyer of the Week, Charlotte Elves @outertemple.bsky.social chambers. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
So my answer is "How can I defend someone I believe to be guilty? Really easily because they'll almost always plead or be convicted. So it's very unlikely that any mistakes I make (even though I do my best not to make them) will lead to the wrong result - juries usually see through it."
Catherine Baksi
I joined @cloisterslaw.bsky.social after the main throes of COVID-19 were over, but I endorse every word of the tributes paid here to Martyn.
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The most recent one of those was a guy I defended who was about 19 or 20, of good character and I believed (based on the evidence) had been entirely misidentified as the culprit in a stranger assault case. He was thankfully acquitted, but the idea that if I got this wrong his life would be ruined...
Matt Jackson
Matt Jackson
I should clarify DRKC isn't asking this question, I'm saying this to people who do ask it.
I should clarify DRKC isn't asking this question, I'm saying this to people who do ask it.
...was a much worse prospect to me than representing someone who might be "wrongfully" acquitted. Not least because while I know wrongful convictions do happen (statistically speaking they must), the level of cases I was doing made that a loss less likely a lot of the time.
This might be a too earnest response, but until recently I both defended and prosecuted criminal cases. In terms of stress at work, prosecuting and/defending people I thought were innocent was much worse than defending someone I *thought* was guilty.
Matt Jackson
Matt Jackson
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