Carl Gardner
August 25, 2008
I know I’m always on holiday, but it’s well deserved. I’ll be in Berlin for a few days, from where you may get a post with a German theme. But no promises.
Carl Gardner
August 20, 2008
Gary Glitter is I expect on his way back to Britain having served time for child sex offences in Vietnam. Some commenters at the Sun’s website have expressed the view that disgraced Glitter, as he’s now known, shouldn’t […]
Carl Gardner
August 14, 2008
Carl Gardner
August 12, 2008
Today’s story about the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority being caught out cutting awards to rape victims who’d been drinking before they were attacked reminds me of the days when I used to take on criminal injuries compensation appeals. Here’s […]
Carl Gardner
August 11, 2008
I’m taking another of those (I’m sure you’ll agree) well-deserved blawg breaks, this time in Glasgow. You may hear a bit from me… but probably not an awful lot for the next ten days.
Carl Gardner
August 8, 2008
It’s a good story, and I agree with Simon Jenkins about the connected problems of police ineffectiveness and lack of traditional social restraints in Britain. No doubt the story is true, and perhaps things are better in France. But […]
Carl Gardner
August 8, 2008
As the lawyer responsible for Part VII of the Care Standards Act, I’m glad that this attempt has failed to limit the misconduct that can be taken into account by the Care Standards Tribunal on an appeal by a […]
Carl Gardner
August 7, 2008
It sounds like good news on the face of it, that Pakistan’s governing parties are considering starting impeachment proceedings in Parliament against President Musharraf. I’m not against it. But much more important is the issue of reinstating judges sacked […]
Carl Gardner
August 6, 2008
I’m afraid you need to read German in order to read the recent judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court in which it has ruled unconstitutional smoking bans in Berlin and Baden-Württemberg. There is also a press release which […]
Carl Gardner
August 1, 2008
You may need to register to read this New York Times article about Barack Obama’s time as a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School – but registration is free, and it’s not a bad read.