Tristan Kirk is Courts Correspondent at The Standard, reporting from the most important cases in London's criminal and civil courts as well as covering legal affairs and the declining state of our courts. He covers major cases of murder and terrorism from the Old Bailey, is a leading national voice on open justice, and has investigated the growing use of secretive courts....
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Tristan Kirk is Courts Correspondent at The Standard, reporting from the most important cases in London's criminal and civil courts as well as covering legal affairs and the declining state of our courts. He covers major cases of murder and terrorism from the Old Bailey, is a leading national voice on open justice, and has investigated the growing use of secretive courts.
Pensioner in care home handed conviction over unpaid car insurance
A magistrate decided to convict the pensioner instead of asking for a further public interest check
Teenager branded 'evil' for schoolgirl murder is jailed for life
Hassan Sentamu murdered Elianne Andam outside the Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon
Sara Sharif's father and stepmother lose bid for shorter prison terms
Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif should be locked up for the rest of his life, judges have been told.
London City Lionesses founder wins divorce battle over £7m family home
Diane Culligan, 63, and financier ex Anthony, 62, lived a lavish lifestyle, funded by his Bitcoin fortune after he turned a £10,000 crypto purse into £20million
Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford jailed for whole life for triple murder
Kyle Clifford was handed a whole life sentence for the murders of Carol, Hannah, and Louise Hunt
Crossbow killer jailed for the rest of his life
Clifford’s murders were fuelled by the “violent misogyny promoted” by Andrew Tate , a court previously heard
Read in full: BBC's John Hunt's statement to murder sentencing
John Hunt gave an emotional impact statement at Cambridge crown court for the sentencing of Kyle Clifford
Judge foils fraudulent plot to seize London home from 'dead' owner
A High Court judge concluded fraud and forged documents had been used to try to seize control of the property
BBC star commentator 'fears for job' after speeding charge from police
Commentator Jonathan Pearce got into trouble with police over speeding
Accused aristocrat and lover 'carried newborn in Lidl bag for life'
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon deny manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a baby
Mother convicted of not paying TV Licence after death of unborn son
Woman penned heartbreaking letter to court saying: ‘I am so sorry for this’
Man convicted of not paying car tax while stuck in the Ukraine war
Mitigation letters containing important information are still going unread by prosecutors in the Single Justice Procedure
Russian spy ring guilty of 'industrial scale' espionage on UK soil
Russian proxy spy ring facing years behind bars for one of the ‘largest and most complex’ enemy operations to be uncovered in Britain
Noel Clarke says career wrecked by Guardian with 'false' claims
The Guardian is defending its journalism, and say sexual misconduct against Noel Clarke are ‘true’
Hotel guest jailed over wine glass attack on bouncers
Oliver Huckerby took cocaine and drank wine before the horrific attack
Jail terms cut on appeal for eco-activists who plotted M25 chaos
Judges agreed to cut the jail terms for the M25 protest plotters
Woman, 93, with dementia gets criminal conviction for no car insurance
The pensioner received a criminal conviction despite the details in her letter
Private prosecution shake-up after 'fast-track justice' scandals
A two-month consultation will look at a shopping list of proposals aimed at restoring public faith in criminal justice
London's worst sex offender? PhD student may have raped 60 women
Chinese national Zhenhao Zou convicted of raping 10 women and is believed to have attacked dozens more