Jeannie Mackie

Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers

Behind bars | Going to the next level

Jeannie Mackie discusses the struggle facing courts in tackling and ?classing child pornography, and how best to prosecute offenders

New bill will help remove the mental health stigma

A private member's bill looking at lifting the ban on serving in parliament on mental health grounds could help everybody think differently, says Jeannie Mackie

Behind bars | Let them have biscuits

Whether it's the royal wedding or the Olympics, large public events should be no blank cheque to locking people up in the name of preventing trouble, says Jeannie Mackie

Behind bars | Means-tested legal aid in extradition cases under fire

The High Court has attacked several aspects of 'the means test Ã¢â‚¬â€œ from unacceptable delays to 'awkward documents, says Jeannie Mackie

Behind bars | As you string out the bunting

Surely our modern, freedom-loving society cannot condone the 'type of snooping laws seen in Elizabethan times, asks Jeannie Mackie

Secret courts consultation is a cover up

The terminology used in the latest consultations on closed material procedure wrongly equates government interest with public interest, says Jeannie Mackie

Dickens today would write about the plight of women in prison

Prisons are no place for the majority of women offenders but still this is where they are sent, says Jeannie Mackie

A question of character

Jeannie Mackie debates the value of character disclosure

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