Carl Gardner
February 12, 2009
I’m pleased to announce that I’m now a contributor to The Wardman Wire, the multi-author political and media discussion site edited by Matt Wardman. As well as sharing my legal analysis with a wider audience, I dare say […]
Carl Gardner
February 11, 2009
In my previous post on this I forgot another reason why the decision to exclude Geert Wilders from the UK breaches EU law. It’s arbitrary – in this sense of treating Wilders differently from UK nationals.
One of […]
Carl Gardner
February 11, 2009
As has been widely reported, the Home Office has decided to exclude the controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders from the UK; here’s the letter it sent him notifying the decision. Many people will be troubled by this: there […]
Carl Gardner
February 10, 2009
Like many people my instinctive reaction is to be dismayed at the news that the head teacher of a primary school in Sheffield has resigned after her proposal to end separate Muslim assemblies brought accusations of racism. The […]
Carl Gardner
February 10, 2009
I’m interested that Lord Goldsmith, writing in yesterday’s Independent, essentially agrees with me on the Binyam Mohamed case:
That the High Court finally agreed – with some apparent regret – with the Foreign Secretary in believing […]
Carl Gardner
February 6, 2009
It’s been a tremendous week for protesting women, not just because Kay Tabernacle and the Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp beat John Hutton, but also because Women on Waves have beaten Portugal in Strasbourg. It was a breach […]
Carl Gardner
February 6, 2009
Yesterday the Court of Appeal gave judgment in this case about the right to freedom of expression – specifically to protest at the Aldermaston atomic weapons establishment. The protest in question is the Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp; and the […]
Carl Gardner
February 5, 2009
Here it is. I think it’s a good judgment, and I’m glad I was cautious last night about joining the chorus of outrage: it does not seem obvious to me that justice requires the 25-line summary of evidence the […]
Carl Gardner
February 4, 2009
It’s difficult, without seeing the judges’ ruling, to be completely sure that the information Thomas LJ and Lloyd-Jones J would like to publish relating to the treatment of Binyam Mohamed must be published by a British court: originally […]
Carl Gardner
February 4, 2009
I must admit to having some sympathy for the workers at Lindsey oil refinery who protested against the shipping in of Italian workers to carry out work there; and with those Labour MPs like Jon Cruddas who have […]