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The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith was Director Of Public Prosecutions between 1998 and 2003. He became a High Court judge in 2005.

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The court in 10 years' time Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Jane Goodey (The Open University), Professor Gary Slapper (The Open University), Lynn Tayton QC (Guest), Abigail Bright (Guest), The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith (Guest)

22 October 2008

We asked our panel what we might expect to see if we arrived in the courtroom of 2018.  Read more : The court in 10 years' time

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What makes a good judge? Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Jane Goodey (The Open University), Professor Gary Slapper (The Open University), The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith (Guest), Lynn Tayton QC (Guest), Abigail Bright (Guest)

22 October 2008

The figure who must ensure that both sides feel the justice process is fair. But what does that entail?  Read more : What makes a good judge?

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What makes a good barrister? Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Jane Goodey (The Open University), Professor Gary Slapper (The Open University), Abigail Bright (Guest), The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith (Guest), Lynn Tayton QC (Guest)

22 October 2008

Our panel of legal experts consider what it is that makes a good barrister.  Read more : What makes a good barrister?

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What makes the legal system just? Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Jane Goodey (The Open University), Professor Gary Slapper (The Open University), The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith (Guest), Abigail Bright (Guest), Lynn Tayton QC (Guest)

22 October 2008

If a legal system is to dispense justice, it must be just. How do you create that in the courts?  Read more : What makes the legal system just?

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What is the role of the barrister? Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Jane Goodey (The Open University), Professor Gary Slapper (The Open University), Lynn Tayton QC (Guest), The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith (Guest), Abigail Bright (Guest)

22 October 2008

The position of barrister is crucial in the justice process. Our panel explains why.  Read more : What is the role of the barrister?

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What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by santaClara

01 Feb 2010

hmmm .... Sally Clarke was a solicitor ... but it did not help her in the slightest. I guess we have reached a dead end. Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by dave p

26 Jan 2010

Re elected legislatures, juries etc, my case is merely that to me they're not essential: they may deliver a just system and just verdicts, but so might alternatives. And like the alternatives... Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by Ken Natton

26 Jan 2010

Well I confess dave p that your post is not quite the response I had expected. I think the point I was making was on a slightly different tack. But since you raise some significant points, let me... Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by dave p

25 Jan 2010

I do find a degree of complacency in the view points expressed by the participants in the discussion to which this thread links. Understand, I do accept and agree with the... Read more : What makes the legal system just?
               

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by Ken Natton

24 Jan 2010

I do find a degree of complacency in the view points expressed by the participants in the discussion to which this thread links. Understand, I do accept and agree with the things they identify as... Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by santaClara

30 Dec 2009

However ... I cannot let the case of Sally Clarke go unmentioned in any self-satisfied discussion of English justice (not). In this barbaric case, the prosecution could not even prove that a crime... Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by santaClara

30 Dec 2009

hmm ... a bit close to the bone it would seem ! There is plenty more where this came from; but who needs to talk to oneself? Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by santaClara

29 Dec 2009

Having spent most of my adult life in Canada, I find it very curious how underlying national cultural conditions affect what is considered "just". However, one particular similarity between Canadian... Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes the legal system just?

Comment posted by santaClara

29 Dec 2009

santaClara has started a thread discussing What makes the legal system just?. Read more : What makes the legal system just?

What makes a good barrister?

Comment posted by MATHIEU CORREA DE SA

06 Oct 2009

MATHIEU CORREA DE SA has started a thread discussing What makes a good barrister?. Read more : What makes a good barrister?

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The Honourable Mr Justice Calvert Smith was Director Of Public Prosecutions between 1998 and 2003. He became a High Court judge in 2005.

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