Politics and the Legal Profession

Cuts to legal aid, the concept of online justice, diversity within the legal profession and the judiciary, the independence of the Judiciary from the State, the impact the press can have on perceptions of fairness of justice: this lecture explores the controversial issue of how the politics of the day or decade can affect the way in which the Justice system functions in private and is perceived by the public. A lecture by Jo Delahunty QC, Gresham Professor of Law 7 March 2019 The transcript...