February 2010

Binyam Mohamed: finally, an end

February 24, 2010

I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to comment on the Court of Appeal’s judgment in R(Mohamed) v Foreign Secretary. People usually claim to hate saying they told you so. I love saying it if I’m honest, but only if I really did tell you so, something you may well doubt if you listen again [...]

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Health and safety law: a cautionary tale from Down Under

February 23, 2010

It’s not often health and safety law is big news – but it has been in Australia this month, as a result of the judgment of the High Court of Australia in the Kirk case. Graeme Kirk was director of a company that owned a farm in New South Wales, but left the management to [...]

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