The life and tragic death of Professor Jason Arday and the call for a Public Inquiry In Paternoster Square, at the International Dispute Resolution Centre opposite the stone mass of St Paul’s Cathedral, the architecture does some of the talking before a witness says a word. Across the plaza, power wears two faces: the old authority of church and empire in Portland stone, as against the modern authority of glass, security barriers and controlled access of a nondescript buildin

Two tragic deaths: one recurring issue South London, 22 April 1993, South London 15 August 2026. There is a particular kind of British reckoning that only arrives after someone has died. Jason Arday was only 41 when he was found dead at an address in Battersea on Friday evening, nine days after resigning his post as Professor of Sociology of Education at Cambridge and his fellowship at Jesus College, following a month of intense media scrutiny over his academic record. The Me

We acted for Mr S, who was sentenced to a life order with a minimum tariff of 15 years in 2014. Having spent the last 12 years in imprisonment, Mr S had reached the stage for consideration by the parole board of whether he could be recategorised to Category for open conditions. During his time of imprisonment, Mr S had made significant personal improvements through employment and education, and had even made amends with the victim of his offence, who wrote a powerful letter