2 Hare Court will be exhibiting at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this year where you will have the chance to get advice from barristers and discuss your prospects directly with representatives from our set. The Pupillage Fair is designed to arm you with everything you need to know about accessing the profession and starting […]
Welcome to the latest edition of the Professional Discipline Newsletter. Christopher Geering Editor Foreword Welcome to another 2 Hare Court newsletter. Two recent SRA decisions deserve some attention. Ben Rich considers Maxfield Martin where the court overruled the SDT’s application of the principles set out in Ivey. Lewis MacDonald analyses Gray, and the use of […]
The revisions will take effect on 31 May 2022 and apply to the following offences contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003: Arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence (Section 14) Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity contrary (Section 10) The revised guidelines will reflect the principles established […]
Mr H, the deputy headteacher of a school for children with autism and special educational needs, was accused of lifting a student into the air before throwing him to the ground. The incident was witnessed by another teacher and captured partly on CCTV. Mr H asserted that he pushed the student once in self-defence when […]
Neelam’s client, MA, was alleged to have glassed the complainant in the face during an argument in the street. The altercation was witnessed by a nearby shop owner who gave evidence that MA used a broken Guinness bottle to slash the complainant’s cheek before making off. Another witness filmed the entire incident on his mobile […]
