This is a case note on R v Thacker [2021] EWCA Crim 97 considering whether the trial judge had erred in convicting 15 activists who breached an airport perimeter fence of intentionally disrupting services, contrary to Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 s.1(2)(b). Issues discussed concern statutory interpretation, jury directions meaning intent.

In carrying out their duties and functions, judges constitutional are required to comply with the Code of Ethics Conduct for Judges. However, in reality there still many who violate code ethics judge's conduct. The normative juridical research method is legal conducted by examining library materials or secondary data form laws regulations, books, scientific journals, electronic newspapers, maga...

The mock trial is an important educational technique that has seldom been reported in the medical literature. In this paper we describe the evolution of mock trials as a regular component in the educational program for our multidisciplinary staff. The mock trial is not only an excellent strategy for teaching about the interface between psychiatry and the law, but also for teaching about malprac...

The trial went very poorly from the beginning. The jury was comprised of about an even split of men/women and black/whites-five jurors did not have a high school education and three slept through goodly portions of the trial. The plaintiff's lawyer was very aggressive .... It was a fiasco from beginning to end. The judge was clearly angry at our failure to settle and talked with us three times ...

judge Richard Posner's well-known view is that constitutional theory is useless. And judge J Harvie Wilkinson III has lambasted constitutional theory for the way in which its "cosmic" aspirations threaten democratic self-governance. Many other judges hold similar views. And yet both Posner and Wilkinson-in the papular press, in law review articles, and in books-have advocated what appear to be ...