COURT AVAILABILITY– see http://www.freelanceadvocacyservices.uk I am at Snaresbrook tomorrow and free on Thursday. I’m in a warned list next week, so worth checking as case may not come in. Book via gregfoxsmith@msn.com PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING INSTRUCTIONS IN LEGAL AID CASES WHERE CERTIFICATE DATED AFTER 1ST APRIL.

NEWS

Vigil for Justice. Tomorrow,outside the MoJ. 7pm #Time4Justice

Court of Appeal Victory. I successfully appealed a sentence last week in a robbery case where the judge had misapplied the guidelines and failed to properly consider totality of sentence. It is important to be familiar with the “TIC and Totality” guideline , and to remind sentencing tribunals of the principle that “where consecutive sentences are passed to consider if the aggregate length is just and proportionate”

Strike. Almost all counsel’s chambers on the South Eastern circuit are continuing to decline instructions in new legal aid cases. Full list here.

Law Society guidance where Counsel declines to act in Crown Court matters.

100 miles. I will be attempting to cycle the Surrey 100 in July, and attempting to raise money-please consider sponsoring me 🚲 👍 https://www.justgiving.com/CyclingSurrey100

Nicola Hill (Kingsley Napley/LCCSA ex-Pres) runs her 1st London marathon for a great cause. Please sponsor her here