Hannah Evans was recently made a tenant at her chambers, 23 Essex Street. But, she told Friday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration on Friday,

clouding the entire experience was the knowledge that I might not be able to […]

Laura Janes of the Howard League for Penal Reform spoke at London’s “Grayling Day” demonstration on Friday, about cuts to prison legal aid specifically.

Mr Grayling has removed most prison law work from legal aid entirely

she […]

At Friday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration in London, chairman of the Criminal Bar Association Nigel Lithman QC told the audience that

an indispensable part of our democracy is the criminal justice system. It’s taken centuries to build; […]

Outside the Ministry of Justice on “Grayling Day” on Friday I spoke to Russell Fraser, a third six pupil at 1 Pump Court, about why he’s opposed to the government’s legal aid policy.

He mentioned what […]

Janis Sharp, mother of Gary McKinnon, was another of the impressive non-legal speakers yesterday.

When that knock comes to your door,

she said

everyone thinks it won’t be me, but one day, it can be …

it’s […]

Once the speeches ended at yesterday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration, I caught up with one of the protesters who heckled Sadiq Khan MP: pupil barrister Claire Mawer. She explained to me why she was unhappy with […]

In a short speech at yesterday’s “Grayling Day” in London (even less than the three case-managed minutes he allowed himself), the former Court of Appeal judge Sir Anthony Hooper told the demonstration that

For some sixty […]

The speech that went down best at yesterday’s “Grayling Day” demonstration against legal aid cuts came from Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six, who spent sixteen years in prison having been wrongly […]

Shadow Lord Chancellor Sadiq Khan MP has a slightly rougher ride than he might have hoped for at today’s demonstration against legal aid cuts. Although his speech was broadly well received, for the first time […]

One of today’s best speeches, and certainly the most interesting politically, came from the former Conservative MP Sir Ivan Lawrence QC.

He reminded the audience that he’s been 60 years a Conservative, and 52 of them […]