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.
Sugababe Keisha Buchanan faced 'campaign of terror from violent ex'
Keisha Buchanan says her ex-boyfriend stopped her wearing red lipstick and watching TV
Sentencing begins for spies caught operating in UK for Russia
‘Honeytrap’ agents Katrin Ivanova and Vanya Gaberova, along with competitive swimmer Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, were found guilty of spying on an ‘industrial scale’
Teens accused of risking lives in Westfield seat incident face court
Two boys faced court on allegations they put lives in danger by throwing a chair from the Westfield Stratford balcony
Harry says King has cut contact with him over UK security dispute
The interview followed the prince’s failed appeal to reinstate the police protection he lost after stepping back as a working royal
Ex-postman guilty of killing Covent Garden neighbour in front gate row
Trevor Gocan was still holding his Pret a Manger sandwich when he attacked his neighbour
Constance Marten 'feared being dubbed evil over baby's death'
Runaway aristocrat says she didnt’t hand herself into police for fear of being branded a ‘murderess’ and bought petrol as she considered cremating her baby
Russell Brand accused of Labour conference rape in first court hearing
Brand granted bail as he appears at court to face claims he raped two women and tried to drag another into a male toilet
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Suspected double killer asked 'you like it?' while stabbing victim
Yostin Mosquera is accused of murdering the couple to steal their money before dumping their chopped up bodies at Clifton Suspension Bridge
Accused in poison mushrooms murder trial rarely hosted dinner parties
Erin Patterson says she ‘panicked’ after guests fell ill from her Beef Wellington
Porn artist danced after 'murdering' London couple dumped on bridge
Yostin Mosquera denies murdering Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth at their Shepherd’s Bush home
Shoplifter stole Peppa Pig games in theft campaign against Waterstones
Paul Mangal stole over £3,000 worth of books, toys, and board games over an extended period from his local Waterstones
Poisoned Beef Wellington murder trial begins
Erin Patterson denies murdering her husband’s relatives at family lunch
Fulham's Tom Cairney fined £7,500 for not paying £2.92 in car tax
Tom Cairney received the punishment for £2.92 in unpaid car tax
Sea Cadet sexually abused as a boy secures £110,000 damages
A law firm says it has taken on more than 100 historic sexual abuse cases involving the Sea Cadets
Laurence Fox pleads not guilty over 'intimate' photo of Narinder Kaur
Laurence Fox has signalled his intention to fight the charges
Teenager jailed for life for murdering boy, 15, in park stabbing
Deshaun James-Tuitt died after being stabbed once in Highbury Fields
Crime victims 'have less rights than offenders in courts system'
Claire Waxman is calling for government changes to improve victims’ rights
Pensioner 'beaten to death by neighbour in row over shutting a gate'
Jim O’Neill died after being punched by a neighbour in a row over shutting the front gate to their estate, a court heard
Aristocrat Constance Marten claims children 'stolen by the state'
Aristocrat accused of manslaughter told the Old Bailey she did ‘everything to protect’ her baby daughter
Hotel manager jailed for raping and sexually assaulting female guests
Detectives fear rapist hotel manager Ahmed Fahmy may have targeted more victims
Bus driver admits killing nine-year-old girl while high on cannabis
Ada Bicakci died two days after being hit by the bus in Bexleyheath