Carl Gardner
December 20, 2011
As a resident of Brent in north-west London, I’m not sure what I think about the Labour council’s planned library cuts. I’m not happy that any should be cut. I don’t want social care to be cut any more than […]
Carl Gardner
December 15, 2011
Thanks to Paul Dillane, who directed me to the document.
Carl Gardner
December 15, 2011
In his lecture last night, Lord Irvine invited British judges to become more assertive in deciding human rights cases for themselves, agreeing or disagreeing with the European Court of Human Rights, as they see fit. Today’s judgment from the […]
Carl Gardner
December 14, 2011
Lord Irvine tonight weighed in to the debate about Britain’s relationship with the European Court of Human Rights – and effectively accused the Supreme Court of having surrendered its intellectual independence, and shirked its judicial responsibility.
His at times toughly-worded lecture […]
Carl Gardner
December 2, 2011
Alistair Campbell blogged yesterday about his appearance and evidence to the Leveson inquiry. He had plenty to say, but I won’t repeat it – read the transcript of his evidence, and the statement he provided.
What interests me […]
Carl Gardner
December 2, 2011
Does Lady Hale wish she were still sitting in the House of Lords, rather than the Supreme Court? Earlier this week she gave a striking speech to the Law Centres Federation conference. She opened her remarks by saying
It is not […]
Carl Gardner
December 1, 2011
This evening the Attorney General Dominic Grieve has been speaking at City University on the subject “Contempt – a balancing act”.
Here’s the draft text of his speech – it differed only slightly in delivery. In the document viewer […]