In January I was privileged to be a speaker and panellist at a very insightful seminar organised by the Westminster Legal Policy Forum, discussing the future of court modernisation.

Against the backdrop of more than a decade of increasingly stretched budgets , police forces across the UK have long been faced with significant operational and organisational challenges.

‘Innovation’ has become a loaded word, one that can send a shiver down the spine of even the most forward-thinking CEO.

A few years ago, a breach that impacted several million people would have been big news. In 2019 roughly 3.5 billion people saw their personal data stolen in the top two security breaches of that year alone.

Cyber security has an air of mystery to it. Something hidden in the shadows and only able to be understood by technologists and spies.

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for cyber security but also changed the very nature of the beast.

"Can we uninstall 2020? The current version has a nasty virus in it,” says the meme flying around social media for the past few months. There are, however, glimmers of light that can be found around the world which have arisen out of the pandemic.

A landmark White Paper published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in September 2020 outlined proposed Government legislation for significantly improving the criminal justice system.

If you search the Internet for the first example of hacking, you’ll come across the name of Nevil Maskelyne. He was an Edwardian magician, inventor and businessman.

To become a judge in the UK one must have held the relevant legal qualification for at least seven years, have a minimum of five years’ legal experience and have the moral courage and wisdom to apply the law in accordance with the oath taken.