• Irving freed – by Austria’s most controversial judge

    Carl Gardner
    December 20, 2006

    The Austrian newspaper Der Standard reports that the Vienna Court of Appeal has today commuted David Irving’s sentence – after a year of his three-year sentence for holocaust denial in 1989, he is now being released on […]

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  • Tom Stephens, again

    Carl Gardner
    December 19, 2006

    The news that the police have arrested another suspect in connection with the Suffolk murders eases my concern a little about the way the Tom Stephens arrest was covered – if one of these men ends up being charged […]

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  • Tom Stephens, the media (and the Prime Minister)

    Carl Gardner
    December 18, 2006

    I’m concerned about the way the arrest of Tom Stephens is being handled by the BBC (I haven’t seen any news on the other side) and by the press. True, it’s only an offence to publish anything that creates a […]

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  • The Attorney’s decision on Al Yamamah

    Carl Gardner
    December 14, 2006

    The Attorney General, on what’s obviously been fingered as a “Jo Moore” day, has announced that he is ordering the SFO to discontinue its investigation into possible fraud in relation to BAe’s Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. […]

  • Tony Blair questioned

    Carl Gardner
    December 14, 2006

    So, Tony Blair’s been interviewed by the police about “cash for honours”. Not under caution – and that may be very significant. A suspect must be interviewed under caution, and I know that when I used to prosecute, I would […]

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  • Gowers Review of IP Law

    Carl Gardner
    December 8, 2006

    Andrew Gowers’s review of intellectual property law has been published – you can download the report from the Treasury website here.

    Some lawyers have already expressed disappointment – many think the report’s recommendations are not radical enough. But why […]

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  • Kate Barker’s review

    Carl Gardner
    December 6, 2006

    I think Nick Robinson was on to something the other day when he suggested the Treasury’s favourite way of spinning at the moment is to commission an “independent” review from someone Tony and Gordon know will agree with

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  • Marcel Berlins, Adele Eastman and Lord Goldsmith

    Carl Gardner
    December 5, 2006

    I notice Marcel Berlins takes a diametrically opposed view to mine about family impact statements. Well, not quite diametrically: I agree with him in fact that presenting the statement ought not to be part of the role of the […]

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  • Suez: Law Officers believed action was unlawful

    Carl Gardner
    December 1, 2006

    Richard Norton-Taylor reports in the Guardian today that, according to documents made public by the National Archive today, the Law Officers were not consulted in advance of military action over Suez in 1956. And after the http://www.raybani.com/ […]

  • Suez: Law Officers believed action was unlawful

    Carl Gardner
    December 1, 2006

    Richard Norton-Taylor reports in the Guardian today that, according to documents made public by the National Archive today, the Law Officers were not consulted in advance of military action over Suez in 1956. And after the http://www.raybani.com/ […]