Evidence: JUSTICE report launched, ‘Mental Health and Fair Trial’

Joe Stone Q.C. and Abigail Bright both gave evidence to the rapporteurs at JUSTICE by way of contribution to the report. Click here to read the report.    

Linklaters LLP hosted the launch this week of the report. Click here to read the full text of the speech given at the launch by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon. 

The Lord Chief Justice said the report is 'a valuable contribution to a continuing debate over the appropriate ways to cater for mental health illness and neurological illness at all stages of investigation, prosecution and disposal of offences'.

Click here to read today’s article on the report by The Brief in The Times. 

Click here to read an article on the report in The Guardian.