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Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap (Thejusticegap.com) and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. Newlawjournal.co.uk

NLJ columnist

Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap (Thejusticegap.com) and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. Newlawjournal.co.uk

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Swingeing legal aid cuts have left more people reliant on charity & goodwill than the state, says Jon Robins

Partly excellent, partly abysmal? Jon Robins reports on the work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission

The legal advice sector has long since suffered from a difficult relationship with local authority support, says Jon Robins

Countdown to zero? Jon Robins reports from a small oasis in what is otherwise a legal advice desert

Decades-old miscarriages of justice scandals have ramifications which echo into the present day, says Jon Robins

Jon Robins finds some flickers of hope in the LASPO review, while Geoffrey Bindman laments a missed opportunity for change

Food for thought: Jon Robins reports on the current state of foodbanks & the impact of universal credit

Jon Robins questions Lord Sumption’s perceptions about the secondary importance of civil legal aid schemes

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NLJ this week: No such thing as a ‘Welsh seat’

Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot

NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake

The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’

NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’

A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes

NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?

After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent

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Dr Jon Robins

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."