Issues surrounding text message evidence in Rape Trials
Anthony Metzer KC contributes to the debate about rape and sexual crimes in the i newspaper https://inews.co.uk/news/text-messages-kisses-justice-rape-victims-2134371
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Anthony Metzer KC contributes to the debate about rape and sexual crimes in the i newspaper https://inews.co.uk/news/text-messages-kisses-justice-rape-victims-2134371
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Goldsmith Chambers is delighted to announce that Dr Charlotte Proudman, a member of the Family Team, has been short-listed in the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023 for Case of the Year and for Legal Personality of the Year. Congratulations and good luck to Charlotte as well as to the other shortlisted candidates.
Chambers is delighted to announce that three further members of Chambers have been appointed as fee-paid (part-time) members of the judiciary: Sangeetha Iengar has been appointed as a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal, assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Emma Harris has been appointed as a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Health, Education […]
Chambers is delighted to announce that three of our members have been short-listed for the prestigious Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2023. Our heartiest congratulations go to: Bronwen Jones, shortlisted for Returner of the Year. Bronwen is a senior practitioner in Chambers’ family and immigration & public law teams. You can find out more […]
Dr Charlotte Proudman was instructed by solicitors on behalf of the appellant mother to apply to stay a court order for child contact whilst her appeal is pending in the High Court. The mother is appealing against a fact-finding decision in which her allegations of domestic abuse were unproven. Mostyn J set out the relevant […]
At the end of another challenging year, we pause to reflect on all we have managed to achieve together and take this opportunity to thank all our staff, collaborators and friends, who remain an integral part of our team. We also welcome our new Junior clerk, Sanchia (replacing Jordan). Our work as a multi-disciplinary set […]
We are pleased to upload our long-awaited Casebook covering some of the important cases from 2020-2021. The immigration and public law team had been delayed in editing this but we hope that you will agree, the Casebook sets out some comprehensive summaries and updates, which remain very useful to date. You can download a full […]
Anthony Metzer KC and Dr Charlotte Proudman represented two appellant mothers in an appeal concerning allegations of rape, domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour. The court addressed the following propositions in the Judgment: A) Whether the family court should apply a consistent definition of (i) rape, (ii) sexual assault or (iii) consent, making clear the difference between […]
Meyrick earlier appeared in the Court of Appeal in October/november in an appeal against conviction or sentence regarding a conspiracy to rob. The appeal against conviction was based on the wrongful admission of evidence. In this case it was asserted contrary to the judge’s ruling the evidence was in fact “bad character” and should not […]
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