Carl Gardner
November 21, 2008
I’m interested in this quite worrying judicial review case decided on Tuesday – worrying in that it shows how the criminal records system can easily be abused to undermine the presumption of innocence, though I suppose reassuring in that […]
Carl Gardner
November 21, 2008
There have been a couple of interesting reactions to Lord Bingham’s speech earlier this week: this from John Rentoul, citing this from Oliver Kamm; and this from Norman Geras.
Carl Gardner
November 20, 2008
Lord Lester also spoke in Tuesday’s debate, and although he didn’t give a full explanation of why he resigned from his role as a government adviser recently, he did give some clues. He obviously hoped for a much […]
Carl Gardner
November 20, 2008
David Pannick QC was made a Lord not long ago; and now he’s made his maiden speech, about the relationship between ministers and the judiciary, essentially. I’m glad he agrees with me about Paul Dacre, and I […]
Carl Gardner
November 20, 2008
The government’s review of the law on prostitution has not been universally welcomed: I’m going to be kind to it, for the most part. I think there are some really good recommendations here, for instance, that it […]
Carl Gardner
November 19, 2008
A hot week for legal news from France. First, if you remember the controversy over the annulment of the marriage of a couple from Lille – on the grounds that the wife had lied about being a virgin – […]
Carl Gardner
November 19, 2008
Lord Goldsmith was on Radio 4 last night defending his 2003 legal advice on the invasion of Iraq after Lord Bingham’s criticism last night; listen to Lord Goldsmith here.
Carl Gardner
November 18, 2008
So, Lord Bingham has given his legal view of the Iraq war: that the invasion was a serious breach of international law.
Is there anyone who hasn’t made up their mind about this already? I doubt it. Of […]
Carl Gardner
November 18, 2008
I’m catching up here on a House of Lords judgment I missed a few weeks ago in October. Bancoult is the culmination of a legal saga in which Chagossians – the people cleared off the British Indian […]
Carl Gardner
November 17, 2008
John Bolch (getting his second reference in quick succession) has an interesting post on whether Sir Mark Potter should have given a reference on headed paper for Bruce Hyman, the barrister convicted of perverting the course of justice […]