Much is likely to be written in the media concerning Sir Louis Blom-Cooper whose death at his home in London was announced on September 20, 2018. He was 92. I will not repeat here the details of his illustrious career, which are bound to appear elsewhere, rather mention a few anecdotes.… Read more “Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC (1926 – 2018)”
Author: Bryan Gibson
His Honour John Baker (1925-2016)
by Bryan Gibson
John Baker was one of those authors who felt that it was important to set out his life and career path for posterity and for the benefit of others following a career in the law (and in his case politics).… Read more “His Honour John Baker (1925-2016)”
Promoting a Just Law of Murder: The Sentencing Issues
by Bryan Gibson, author of The Pocket A-Z of Criminal Justice, 24 February 2012.
From Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, Vol. 176
Lawyers are famous for disagreement, but in legal circles one fairly tight consensus is that the law of murder is in a mess.… Read more “Promoting a Just Law of Murder: The Sentencing Issues”
John Alderson (1922-2011)
by Bryan Gibson
I was saddened to learn of the death of John Alderson. I had many dealing with him across the years going back long before we published his classic text, ‘Principled Policing’ in 1998.
Together with Andrew Rutherford, John and I went on tour delivering a series of conferences, naturally trying to encourage alternative points of view to many of the mainstream imperatives of the 1980s.… Read more “John Alderson (1922-2011)”
Smart Justice
by Bryan Gibson (author of The Pocket A-Z of Criminal Justice)