One of the strangest aspects of the MP’s expenses scandal has been the way politicians have tried to move public discussion on to questions of sweeping constitutional reform. It seems to me it was the greed of MPs themselves – […]

Since last week’s judgment in Smith – in which the Court of Appeal ruled that the Human Rights Act, in particular article 2, applies to British troops even on the battlefield, I’ve been thinking about the judgment […]

The Speaker’s statement today was an embarrassing affair: he read an apology to the public over MPs’ expenses, saying words that seemed not to come from his heart. He then said he’d act by summoning yet another meeting, weeks if […]

Charon interviewed me today about the MPs’ offences scandal – including potential criminal liability under the Fraud Act 2006 – and about the Speaker’s decision to call in the police, not to investigate MPs’ claims but astonishingly to investigate […]

This morning the Telegraph reports on an expenses claim by Elliot Morley for mortgage interest he never owed; and for the first time, this report mentions potential offences, with a quote from solicitor Steven Barker, quite […]

Last week, Charon interviewed Sara Chandler, who’s director or the pro-bono unit at the College of Law, about the situation of lawyers and other human rights advocates in Colombia. Sara was one of over forty British lawyers who visited […]

I’m not blogging much at the moment: I’m sorry, teaching commitments are keeping me away. But I must comment on an apsect of the MPs’ expenses revelations carried by the Telegraph today.

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Charon QC has reported on the proposed merger of Inner and Middle Temple libraries – a depressing proposal, in my view.

It cost me a lot of money to join my Inn – Gray’s – at least, it […]

The family courts opened their doors to the press this week, of course – well, sort of. Afua Hirsch wrote the other day about what she couldn’t report, and Natasha Phillips thought the change was much ado […]