Speeding up justice

Why the DPP wants to make a difference

“I know many lawyers will disagree with what I’m about to say,” Stephen Parkinson told the Commons justice committee yesterday. But that wouldn’t stop him saying it.

“I think the job I do is the most impactful, consequential and worthwhile job any lawyer I can do,” the director of public prosecutions remarked.

Was it really true that he had wanted the job…