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The Applicant, who had twice been refused permission to seek judicial review of a decision by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to refer his conviction for murder to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, sought permission to…

Baines Law – Derek Bentley: Miscarriage of Justice To listen to the episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines Transcript It was dark and there was very little moonlight as…

Baines Law – Golden Thread (The trial of Jeremy Thorpe) To listen to this episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines Transcript Somewhere on Exmoor, sometime in the Autumn of…

Baines Law – The Drugs Trial of the Rolling Stones To listen to this episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines Transcript Hello, this is Barry from Baines Law.  Today…

Baines Law  – God’s Banker  To listen to this episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines Transcript From time to time I and a couple of court officials returned to…

Baines Law  – Ian Forrester QC: Reflections on the European Courts  To listen to this episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines Transcript Barry Baines: Welcome. This is Barry Baines…

Baines Law Episode 7 – Maurice MacSweeney on Litigation Funding  To listen to this episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines  Transcript Barry Baines: Welcome. This is Barry Baines from…

Baines Law – His Honour Nigel Lithman QC: Nothing Like the Truth To listen to this episode on Baines Law please go to the following page on this website: Podcast - Barry Baines Transcript Barry Baines: Welcome! This is Barry…

Was a Bristol jury correct when it decided to acquit four defendants of criminally damaging the Colston statue? It is a question I have been asked by so many friends during the last 24 hours. My initial reaction is to…

In a trial to establish liability for injuries incurred in a horse race where the claimant sustained T4 AIS complete paraplegia rendering him wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life, the issue was whether what happened was just a “racing…