Subjects:

General Interest, Wildy, Simmonds and Hill

Contents:

Preface - by Sir John Mortimer QC

Authors Introduction

1.THE LONDON LEGAL SCENE

The Bench and the Bar - Colin Reece QC

The Solicitors' Profession - Kevin Martin

The Royal Courts of Justice:

An Architectural Aberration - John Scaife

Wigs and Gowns in the 21st Century - Christopher Allen

Behaviour in Court - John Griffin

Access to Courts and Tribunals - John Griffin

2.DIRECTORY OF COURTS & TRIBUNALS IN CENTRAL LONDON

3.PERSONALITIES OF THE LONDON LEGAL SCENE

The Judge - the Hon. Mr Justice Hodge OBE

The Magistrate - Richard Mangall JP

The Tribunal Chairman - Valerie Gartson

The Foreman of the Jury - Trevor Grove

The Prosecutor - Jerry Hyde

The Civil Litigant - Neil Hamilton

The Accused - Peter Wayne

The Defence Junior - Shaun Wallace

The City Solicitor - Jon Holland

The High Street Solicitor - Alistair Logan OBE

The Family Solicitor - Simone McGrath

The Duty Solicitor - Anthony Edwards

The Policemen - John Roberts

The Reporter - Mike Taylor

The Artist - Elizabeth Cook

The Man at the Advice Bureau - Alex Mercouris

The Lady from the Witness Service - Gill MacCabe

The Taxi Driver - - Gerry Dunn MBE

Bibliography & Further Reading

Acknowledgements

Wildy's Book of the Month - April 2006
Seeing Justice Done is aimed at students and overseas lawyers, and at everyone with the time and inclination to visit the Law Courts and Tribunals of Central London as a spectator.

The book describes where each of them is to be found, and what goes on inside them. Prominent lawyers explain the difference between barristers and solicitors, and there are eighteen interviews with individuals involved, willingly or unwillingly, in what lawyers call the administration of justice, ranging from a High Court Judge to a persistent criminal.

The author, JOHN GRIFFIN, was born and educated in South London, long enough ago to remember the London Blitz and the VI flying bombs. He practised as a “High Street” solicitor, and now sits as a part-time Tribunal Chairman. He is a Director of Solicitors Benevolent Association, the profession’s “widows and orphans” charity, to whom the proceeds of this book are donated.