This week’s Without Prejudice is a criminal law special. Francis Fitzgibbon QC of Doughty Street Chambers and Amanda (“Milly”) Bancroft join Charon QC, David Allen Green and me to discuss:

• riots sentencing and appeals
• contempt of court, […]

A few weeks ago Adam Wagner at the UK Human Rights Blog told us the ECHR had changed the stance it took in July on a series of religious discrimination claims currently being pursued in the European Court […]

I’m away in the Arctic for a couple of weeks, without internet access – so will be taking a break as Head of Legal.

I’m not completely taking a break from things legal, though. I’m going as part of the

Yesterday I wrote about the legal advice that, according to the Telegraph and the Standard, the PM’s Director of Strategy Steve Hilton obtained from Martin Howe QC. According to the Telegraph:

The Prime Minister’s office secretly commissioned its own […]

The Telegraph, reporting today on tension between 10 Downing Street and the Department for Business over implementing the Agency Workers Directive, tells us

Downing Street has been told by lawyers that the Business Secretary’s department has “gold-plated” the […]

Guido Fawkes today drew attention to two responses by Conservative MPs to the legal opinion published by 38 Degrees about the Health and Social Care Bill – one by Stephen Phillips, and another by Guy Opperman.

But the […]

Sir Nicholas Wall has published his judgments in these cases involving Vicky Haigh, the woman John Hemming named in Parliament as a potential “secret prisoner” back in April after she spoke at a public meeting about the court […]

I was listening to the Proms last night, when the concert was rudely interrupted. As most readers will know, protesters disrupted the concert because the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was playing.

I’m attracted by Norman Lebrecht’s view (expressed in response […]

And now for something completely different.

The Health and Social Care Bill is approaching report stage in the House of Commons, and the campaign group 38 Degrees has obtained legal advice about it from Stephen Cragg and Rebecca Haynes.

I must write about something other than John Hemming MP and his causes soon, or else I’ll become an obsessed man, and start suing everyone, or something.

But before leaving the subject, I must pick up on something written by […]