Carl Gardner
January 30, 2007
Head of Legal was quoted in that fine and perspicacious periodical
The Lawyer this week. Fame! Fame at last!Carl Gardner
January 30, 2007
Oh, well: not Blackpool, not the Dome, but Manchester will be the site of the first “supercasino” under the notorious Gambling Act 2005 . In fact the correct legal term is “regional casino” – see section 7(5) – a […]Carl Gardner
January 29, 2007
So, there was third way of sorts, but only in the sense that catholic adoption agencies have
time to get used to the non-discriminatory future.I have to say I think this whole episode has been a communications […]
Carl Gardner
January 24, 2007
Read, here, today’s fascinating and important ruling by the Scottish
, which, on a generous reading of the law thinks it really is the Court of Session, on the compatibility of the Scottish elections with the […]
Registration Appeals CourtCarl Gardner
January 24, 2007
None of us have seen a draft of these regulations yet, but no doubt a draft exists somewhere on a PC belonging to some lawyer in the Department for Communities and Local Government. One thing’s for sure: the exact wording […]
Carl Gardner
January 23, 2007
Brian Haw was acquitted today of breaching conditions on his anti-war demonstration, imposed under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. You can find a report of the court hearing (written by a strong supporter of Brian Haw)
Carl Gardner
January 23, 2007
Carl Gardner
January 22, 2007
I’m pleased to see that
Guido Fawkes’s famous blog has pointed out the hypocrisy of Gafas Ray Ban outlet government ministers and hangers-on about this. Ruth Turner’s arrest makes silence from ministers more important, […]Carl Gardner
January 21, 2007
I’m really appalled, scandalised and miffed by the reaction of ministers, and politicians close to the government, to Ruth Turner’s arrest on Friday morning in the “cash for honours” inquiry. This is a naked attempt to influence and prejudice a […] Carl Gardner
January 18, 2007
The uncorrected version of his evidence isn’t on the Lords website yet, but I read on the BBC that Charles Clarke has made the most spectacularly dim remarks about the difficulties of being Home Secretary, about judges and the […]