PROFILE: Francis FitzGibbon QC
Francis FitzGibbon QC is a criminal barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London (www.doughtystreet.co.uk). He undertakes all kinds of criminal work and has contributed to 'A Practitioner's Guide to the Law and Regulation of Financial Crime' (Sweet & Maxwell 2011). He sits as a part-time Immigration Judge. The views expressed here (and in his blog Nothing Like The Sun: http\\:ffgqc.wordpress.com) are personal.
Website: http:ffgqc.wordpress.com
RECENT POSTS BY Francis FitzGibbon QC
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As Dr Theodora Dallas begins her six month sentence for contempt of court, you may be wondering whether the principles of jury duty can survive in a world where information more…
While Dobson and Norris and their friends were murdering Stephen Lawrence on 22nd April 1993, his blood got onto their clothes. That was the evidence that enabled the Court of more…
The Lord Chief Justice is the UK’s most senior judge and has particular responsibility for the administration of criminal justice in the courts. When he suggests that the ‘fiendishly difficult’ more…
There is renewed concern about the government’s intention to return children to Afghanistan when their asylum claims have been rejected. The Refugee Council issued a statement urging the government to more…
The long sentences passed on the offenders in the August riot have re-opened the question of whether it can ever be right to pass ‘deterrent’ sentences – sentences that are more…
