Peter Lodder

• This revolution should be televised: why courts should let the cameras in
  Posted on September 6, 2011 by Louise Restell
  Thinking about it now, it seems extraordinary that I rushed home on 3 October 1995 to see the live verdict of the OJ Simpson trial on TV.  Along with over half of the US population and quite a large percentage of the UK one, I watched as he was found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.  I had never even heard of him before he was arrested and starred (I use the term deliberately) in what has been described as the trial of the century.  It was all so over the top and showbiz it didn’t even occur to me that we should put TV cameras in English courts.
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  Posted in: Courts, Justice system
  Tagged: Charon QC, courts, David Cameron, judgements, justice, parliament, Peter Lodder, sentencing, society, television
• Compensation culture? What compensation culture?
  Posted on August 4, 2011 by Louise Restell
  Britain, we are constantly being told, is broken. It's not just the economy, although that's certainly pretty broken. It's not even that our politicians, journalists and bankers are morally bankrupt, although some of them certainly are. No, one of the main reasons Britain is broken is because we are in the fervent grip of a compensation culture.
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  Posted in: Legal services
  Tagged: claims management companies, compensation, compensation culture, insurers, Jack Straw, Jackson, Peter Lodder, whiplash