Law in Practice

Marper has profound implications for the future of DNA retention, but it is not the last word, says Timothy Pitt-Payne 

In his first interview as DPP, Keir Starmer QC reveals his vision for a 21st century service to Ben Silverstone.  

Biography 

Keir Starmer was called to the Bar in 1987 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2002. He practised from Doughty Street Chambers since its inception in 1990 and was appointed Head of Chambers in 2007. His main areas of practice were human rights, international law, judicial review, extradition, criminal law, police law and media law. 

The recent arrest of Damian Green and Jack Straw’s widely reported human rights “frustration”  highlight urgent issues, writes Stephen Hockman QC, who sets out his own agenda for change 

In the wake of recent fatal police shooting cases, Anthony Heaton-Armstrong and David Wolchover discuss the habit of officers conferring on the compilation of their notes 

Can feminist strategies transform women’s experience of the law? How female lawyering and feminist judgments can bring positive change