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Eleanor Laws KC

Eleanor Laws KC

Eleanor Laws KC is a barrister at QEB Hollis Whiteman, and specialises in crime. She was awarded Crime Silk of the Year 2020/21 by Chambers & Partners. www.elqc.co.uk

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Bullied in court? What chambers can do about it

This article is not designed to offend the Judiciary but the ‘quiet word’ has only taken us so far – it is time concerns were recorded formally, says the first set to introduce an external bullying policy

By Eleanor Laws QC, Oliver Mosley and Kyan Pucks

01 June 2022
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Incompetent competency hearings

Significant changes have occurred in the way vulnerable witnesses are treated by the courts. Eleanor Laws QC considers the recent case of R v F [2013] EWCA Crim 424.

Helen” is a 24 year-old deaf woman who lives with her parents. She cannot speak and has a limited ability to use sign language as a result of having learning difficulties and suffering from cerebral palsy restricting the use of her right hand. She has a limited number of friends and family and spends much of her time with her parents, either at home or in the local pub.

 

28 March 2014
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