Carl Gardner
July 22, 2009
I often agree with John Bolch about sharia law; always, in fact. So it’s no surprise I should agree with his post yesterday about the claim made by an Islamic “scholar” that sharia law doesn’t discriminate against women. The […]
Carl Gardner
July 22, 2009
A couple of years ago, it was all the rage to worry about the role of the Attorney General, and the government even consulted on the possibility of publishing the Law Officers’ advice. You can see the results of the […]
Carl Gardner
July 21, 2009
The Culture, Media and Sport committee, inquiring into allegations about the News of the World’s hacking into people’s voicemail, is hearing evidence from its editor today; proceedings have been livened up somewhat by News International’s lawyer’s objection to […]
Carl Gardner
July 10, 2009
If the Guardian’s right that News Group Newspapers have illegally hacked, or paid investigators to illegally hack, the mobile phone messages of celebrities, then those investigators and journalists may have committed the offence of unlawful interception under section […]
Carl Gardner
July 3, 2009
Harrow Council has abandoned its prosecution of Mrinal Patel today. No surprise there, then. I expressed myself in moderate terms while criminal proceedings were under way, but summonsing her under the Fraud Act 2006 always looked dodgy – […]
Carl Gardner
July 3, 2009
It’s been widely reported that Jack Straw has turned down parole for Ronald Biggs.
For the parole board to recommend his release may be humane in the individual case, but it would not be right in the broader […]
Carl Gardner
July 2, 2009
Carl Gardner
July 1, 2009
I’m grateful to John Bolch (again) for his reminder last week about what happened to Lord Lester’s Cohabitation Bill: it ran out of time, basically, after committee stage in the Lords on 30 April, and since the government […]