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Letter from London: Curing a ‘Sick’ Society

Last week it emerged that a British teenager had been jailed for two months for taking a photo on his cellphone from the public gallery of a courtroom. Now, I know in the U.S. you’d probably just have executed the kid, but to us effete Europeans it seems a little harsh to dish out prison […]

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Letter from London: Curing a ‘Sick’ Society

Last week it emerged that a British teenager had been jailed for two months for taking a photo on his cellphone from the public gallery of a courtroom. Now, I know in the U.S. you’d probably just have executed the kid, but to us effete Europeans it seems a little harsh to dish out prison […]

Crime

The London Riots, From a Legal Perspective

When the London riots began on Saturday, few were overly troubled. But when it spread over the last couple of days to partially gentrified areas, we began to take notice. So it must have been with mixed feelings that Freshfields lawyers greeted the firm's edict to leave work (and the relative safety of London's financial district) early and go back to their riot-enveloped homes....