Articles by Michael Zander QC

Zander on Moorhead on costs

Are lawyers breaking the rules on costs & transparency? Michael Zander QC

Could do better

Michael Zander QC reports on how well the UK responds to human rights’ judgments

Zander on Woolf

More harm than good? Professor Michael Zander QC reflects on 10 years of the Woolf Reforms

Judging civil justice

All Hamlyn Lectures are equal but some are decidedly more equal than others. The latest in that distinguished series, by Professor Dame Hazel Genn, are in that rare category.

Rejecting Carter

Professor Michael Zander assesses the 24 main responses to the Gage working group's consultation paper on sentencing

The Carter Report on sentencing must be a contender for the title of “Worst Report of Recent Years”. Lord Carter made two main recommendations: build more prisons; and adopt a Minnesota-style structured sentencing grid system.

Innocence is not enough

I was slow on the uptake. The Innocence Network UK (INUK) was established in 2004. It took four years before I took any notice.

What's the rush?

The sentencing system is currently the object of radical potential reform following Lord Carter's report of last December (Securing the Future—Proposals for the Efficient and Sustainable Use of Custody in England and Wales).