• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill

    Carl Gardner
    November 30, 2006

    Oh my God! I find myself coming over all lawyerly and conservative when I survey this appalling bill, which got through second reading in the Commons yesterday and which http://www.raybani.com/ would remove the right to trial by jury […]

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  • Come back, Molly-Misbah!

    Carl Gardner
    November 29, 2006

    John Bolch at Family Lore is pleased that the court in Lahore has ordered that Molly Campbell/Misbah Rana must return to Scotland, upholding the principle that the proper forum for the resolution of disputes relating to children is the […]

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  • Replacing Trident

    Carl Gardner
    November 29, 2006

    Kate Hudson, the chair of CND, wrote in the Guardian today arguing that a decision by the British government to renew or replace Trident would be in breach of the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Apparently Rabinder Singh QC and Prof. […]

  • Tom ap Rhys Price – Adele Eastman’s statement

    Carl Gardner
    November 29, 2006

    The papers today all report the life sentences passed on the murderers of Tom ap Rhys Price – what a senseless and stupid crime. A particularly interesting aspect of the case was the statement made by Tom’s fiancee Adele […]

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