Criminal Law

Old Bailey Conviction of Peter Hain

Writings on the Sexual Offences Act 2003

2003.001 Sexual Ethics and Criminal Law

2003.009 Briefing on Sexual Offences Act 2003 (3rd edition)

FB’s articles etc on the Bill and 2003 Act

2003.002 ‘The UK Sexual Offences Bill: A Victorian Spinster’s View of Sex’ The Commonwealth Lawyer Vol 12, No 1, April 2003, page 61

2003.006 'The meaning of "sexual" in the Sexual offences Bill' 167 JPN (2003) 764

2003.007 'Criminalising Children under the Sexual Offences Bill' 167 JPN (2003) 784

2005.049 Probing the Media 6 - 'Amazing error in The Times', Published only on this website

Law of Blasphemy

Tony Martin’s anti-burglar conviction

2004.002 Criminal Justice (Justifiable Conduct) Bill (drafted by FB)

2004.003 'Home Defence - The Tony Martin Bill - I' 168 JPN 348, 8 May 2004

2004.004 'Home Defence - The Tony Martin Bill - II' 168 JPN , 15 May 2004

FB's articles etc on Criminal Law

1977.003 ‘The Libertine Trial’: New Statesman, 18 February

1980.009 ‘Framing the crime of attempt’, 130 NLJ 725

1980.022 'Drafting the Theft Act 1978 s 2' [1980] CrimLR 670

1981.009 ‘Credit or theft: the Lambie case’, 131 NLJ 1041

1981.014 ‘Who Should Lay Down Prosecution Guidelines?’ 125 SJ 534

1983.001 'Making off without payment' (letter) Crim LR (1983) 205

1984.002 ‘Propositions of law in conviction appeals’, Crim LR 282

1985.001 Mass Picketing and the 1875 Act Crim LR 64

1985.003 ‘The Crown Prosecution Service’, The Law Society's Gazette 3676

1986.003 ‘The Crown Prosecution Service’ [1986] Crim LR 3

1988.003 ‘Statutory exceptions: a third knot in the Golden Thread?’ Crim LR 31

1998.010 ‘Rewriting history in the Court of Appeal’ [the Bentley case] 148 NLJ 1228

2000.065 'Use of conspiracy law in direct action cases', Letter in 150 New Law Journal (2000) p 1397

2002.004 DM002 - 'Police policy to ignore certain crimes', Daily Mail, 11 Mar 2002

2004.008 'Is the Real IRA a Proscribed Organization' 168 JPN (19 June 2004) 472

2004.020 'The Real IRA is Proscribed After All' JPN ( 4 September 2004)

2005.013 'Curious behaviour of the Attorney General', 169 JPN (5 Mar 2005) 168

2005.015 'Does the Attorney General Know His Job?', 173 JPN (2 Apr 2005) 248

2005.054 'Should we have a Ministry of Justice?', 169 JPN, 16 July 2005, p 557