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Jeannie Mackie

Jeannie Mackie

Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers

Articles

New year, new rules

New year, new rules

Jeannie Mackie looks forward to the arrival of the new Criminal Procedure Rules
Blind ambition

Blind ambition

Ken Clarke wants to improve prison rehabilitation and introduce longer sentences – but how can he do both? wonders Jeannie Mackie
Cat flap

Cat flap

Jeannie Mackie despairs over the home secretary's recent blunder
Men with faces

Men with faces

London has had its fair share of serious rioting over the past 1,000 years and public authorities have responded in different ways, but, when it comes to last month's social disturbances, judicial wisdom seems to have gone out the window, says Jeannie Mackie
Crossing the line

Crossing the line

Cross-examination techniques should be adapted to protect victims – but we must not impose too many limits, argues Jeannie Mackie
Guiding light

Guiding light

The new sentencing guidelines are designed to ensure consistency and transparency, and give equal weight to both harm and culpability, argues Rosalind Campion as she rebuffs Jeannie Mackie's criticism
Blame game

Blame game

Have the new sentencing guidelines lost sight of culpability? Jeannie Mackie investigates