'Arresting the decline: Court reporting in England and Wales'
(2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tom Smith's Outputs (39)
Strengths of the pre-trial detention system in England & Wales (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Disclosure in criminal proceedings: Recent legal and policy developments (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Criminal legal aid in England & Wales: A practical perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Readjusting the balance: Initial results from a pioneering project to increase court coverage (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
It is criminal: The state of magistrates’ court reporting in England and Wales (2019)
Journal Article
There is a widespread perception that there has been a collapse in court reporting in England and Wales as local legacy media struggles to survive in times of falling revenues and shifting audiences. However, there is little empirical evidence with w... Read More about It is criminal: The state of magistrates’ court reporting in England and Wales.
The practice of pre-trial detention in England and Wales (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
'Changing culture? Thinking differently about disclosure' (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Presentation delivered at the College of Policing (January 2019) for a disclosure strategy training day, aimed at Assistant Chief Constables from police forces across England and Wales.
The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice (2018)
Journal Article
Miscarriages of justice have historically acted as catalysts for reform. It seems we only learn to fix the most serious problems — often obvious to those at the coal-face of practice — once the damage is done. Such miscarriages have largely resulted... Read More about The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice.
Court reporting and local newspapers (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper reported on a pilot study carried out by UWE Law and UWE Journalism in January 2018 into reporting of newsworthy stories at the Magistrates Courts. In one week, researchers saw every case heard in Bristol Magistrates Courts, coded these fo... Read More about Court reporting and local newspapers.
The digital revolution: Body worn cameras and ‘street’ interviews (2017)
Journal Article
This article examines the idea that the police can interview suspects away from the police station. The article focuses on the due process concerns of such activity.
The disappearing Ghosh test (2017)
Journal Article
Matt Hall and Dr Tom Smith write on the recent case of Ivey v. Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords [2017] UKSC 67
The early guilty plea scheme and the rising wave of managerialism (2017)
Journal Article
This article examines the ramifications of the early guilty plea scheme. The article highlights a number of issues for both adversarialism and ever increasing desire for a more efficient criminal justice process.
Alienated advocates: Applying Marx's labour theories to criminal legal aid (2017)
Journal Article
The rise and decline of criminal legal aid in England and Wales (2017)
Book Chapter
In this chapter we argue, with regret, that the prospects for criminal legal aid in England and Wales are bleak. We begin by tracing the development of the modern system of criminal legal aid, from its inception as an essential element of the welfare... Read More about The rise and decline of criminal legal aid in England and Wales.
The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow (2013)
Journal Article
The criminal defence lawyer has been an integral component of adversarial criminal justice in England and Wales for nearly three centuries. However, over the last two decades this essential role has changed substantially, affected by a changing cultu... Read More about The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow.
Trust, choice and money: Why the legal aid reform "u-turn" is essential for effective criminal defence (2013)
Journal Article
This short article discusses the importance of trust in workable relationships between criminal defence lawyers and their clients, arguing that it was essential to abandon the proposed removal of client choice for criminal legal aid clients in order... Read More about Trust, choice and money: Why the legal aid reform "u-turn" is essential for effective criminal defence.
Zealous Advocates: The historical foundations of the adversarial criminal defence lawyer (2012)
Journal Article
The place of the criminal defence lawyer in the modern criminal justice system is a given; everysuspect and defendant expects full representation as a right. However, the defence lawyer appeared surprisingly late in the long and venerable history of... Read More about Zealous Advocates: The historical foundations of the adversarial criminal defence lawyer.
The zealous advocate in the 21st century: Concepts and conflicts for the criminal defence lawyer
Thesis
The criminal defence lawyer is perhaps the most publicly identifiable and controversial figure in the criminal justice system, and is considered by many to represent the cornerstone of adversarial criminal justice. However, there is significant evide... Read More about The zealous advocate in the 21st century: Concepts and conflicts for the criminal defence lawyer.