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Wendy’s career in the law forms a perfect and inspiring arc of achievement; a girl from Cardiff with a love of English Literature (which she read at Cambridge until changing to law in her final year) who, in 2012, became only the third ever full-time female judge at the Old Bailey, after Nina Lowry in the late 80s and 90s, and Anne Goddard QC in the late 90s and early 2000s. She lost her father while still at school and her mum was nervous that the Bar was a poor choice of career, given the imperative of ‘needing to earn a living’. Joseph wrote an introduction and three trial stories, with the intention only of creating a short pamphlet, from which any proceeds would go to charity. In fact, when the book went out on submission, it attracted great interest and was pre-empted by Transworld in May last year, the acquisition announced as a book by a “judge writing anonymously” because serving judges are not allowed to have a personal profile or any other source of income. So now—it sounds so weird to say it—I suppose I’m a writer What really comes across in this book is how the facts of every case are different and so much more complex than the average newspaper summary can possibly get across and the initial facts aren’t the only things that will need to be taken into account when passing judgment or sentence. It gives a great insight into the dilemmas that cross the consciences of juries and judges every day and will really make the reader think what decision they would have come to when presented with that scenario, and how the people making those decisions weigh up all the factors. If you have never been involved in a jury trial, it might give you a better idea of what an enormous burden this can be and how hard it is for judges to make sentencing decisions. Jane Stevenson Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Ever Obi, Ikenna Okeh and Ivan Sršen The Immigrant’s Story in Modern Fiction CANCELLED Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 10:00am Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Unlawful Killings by Wendy Joseph — the inside story of six
Justin Schlosberg, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Iain Dale Chaired by Stephen Law Oxford Debate. Is Our Press Free . . . To Lie and Manipulate? SOLD OUT Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event It was a privilege for me to visit the festival to receive the Bodley Medal. As an incidental blessing I saw Oxford at its most mysterious and atmospheric. It was a day of piercing cold and as I walked through the twilight from the Sheldonian to Christ Church, the streets were empty and the whole city was shutting itself away. Christ Church was silent except for the footfall of unseen persons around corners and the sounds of evensong creeping from behind closed doors. For the first time I understood thoroughly the power of college ghost stories. Joseph explains how cases unfold and what it’s like to be a murder trial judge and witness to the good and the very bad in human behaviour. She says every unlawful death tells a story. Most of us get to move on, but not the defendant, the family of the victim or the judge.I inhaled this: brilliant, clear-eyed, compassionate and fascinating. Olivia Potts, author of A Half Baked Idea I inhaled this: brilliant, clear-eyed, compassionate and fascinating. -- Olivia Potts, author of A Half Baked Idea Maxim Osipov Interviewed by Lucian Hudson Kilometer 101 Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Wendy Joseph QC Law Pod UK Latest Episode: Wendy Joseph QC
Until her March retirement Her Honour Wendy Joseph was one of the just 16 judges licensed to try murder cases at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales – better known as the Old Bailey – and the only woman. In Unlawful Killings: Life, Love & Murder she shares her rare insight from 15 years of presiding over numerous high-profile cases, having previously served as a criminal barrister for more than three decades.An in-depth view into the role of a judge during murder proceedings in the UK. Told with compassion and frankness, Wendy Joseph QC guides the audience through the decisions she must make on a daily basis. Tanya Goodin and Rory Cellan-Jones Switching off and Switching in: Living in the Digital Age Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Roger Highfield and Peter Coveney Chaired by Irene Tracey Vice-chancellor’s Interview. Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionise Medicine Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event The fracture lines that run through our society are becoming harder and harder to ignore. From a unique vantage point, the author warns that we do so at our peril. Catherine Ashton Voices of Europe. And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
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