I think that, were I to find myself in that unfortunate position, my approach would be to write a comprehensive statement with my lawyer, and pretty much read that to the police rather than answering… (View Post)

Because the government doesn’t want to say “we only have 50,000 boat people but 500,000 new legal immigrants”, nor “the international aid budget is only £10bn and MPs only have £250k each in expenses… (View Post)

But you *are* a lawyer, a lawyer who works in criminal law and who knows exactly what to say or what not to say in any given interaction with the police. The rest of the population can too often eith… (View Post)

This video is 13 years old, and still as true as ever. Don’t Talk to the Police. (View Post)

At best she was badly advised, and pleaded guilty to a serious offence at a time of heightened tensions. If she’d been up in front of a jury a year or more later, her case might have had a different … (View Post)