Crown Prosecutor Penelope Schofield was jailed for three months at the Old Bailey on Friday for lying in order to protect her policeman boyfriend Nigel Phillips after he was caught drink driving. Schofield had been found guilty of committing an act “tending and intended to pervert the course of justice”. Phillips was jailed for 16 months after admitting to the same offence as Schofield.
A reform revolution
The introduction of a Scottish Parliament will keep lawyers busy, says Mike Dailly. Those lawyers who think that devolution will have little or no impact on their daily routine should consider this: 129 politicians are gathered together and left alone in a large room in Edinburgh; they are told they can initiate, amend or repeal […]