Vicky Pryce

• Law for all?
  Posted on February 28, 2013 by Louise Restell
  Sometimes I think people forget what the law is for. There are lawyers, I am afraid to say, who think the law is there so they can make a living, a very good one in some cases. Government ministers seem to think it is either a drain on the public purse or a means through which liberal trouble makers can block or upset their policy initiatives. And some newspaper columnists seem to think it’s only for the educated.
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  Posted in: justice system, courts
  Tagged: Vicky Pryce, juries, courts, legalese, legal jargon, jurors, lawyers, judges
• Lessons about justice from the trial of Oscar Pistorius
  Posted on February 20, 2013 by Louise Restell
  I was one of those lucky enough to be in the Olympic stadium on 8 September last year to watch Oscar Pistorius win his emotional gold medal in the 400m. Well, it wasn’t entirely luck, I had applied for tickets for that session precisely because I wanted to see him race. It was an incredibly stirring event and one that banished memories of his unseemly tantrum the week before, which I’d also been there to see.
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  Tagged: Oscar Pistorius, jury trial, South Africa, contempt of court, Vicky Pryce