Carl Gardner
October 31, 2013
At today’s hearing, it was clear that PressBoF and its lawyers would be considering, over lunch, the possibility of asking the Court of Appeal this afternoon for permission to appeal against today’s refusal by the Administrative Court of permission for […]
Alex Pritchard-Jones
October 30, 2013
Having arrived in good time I was disappointed to find that the walls of Court 27 seem to be impenetrable to mobile phone signals. This meant that, while a fascinating case was unfolding before me, I could not live-tweet it […]
Carl Gardner
October 30, 2013
I wish I could have been there for this hearing today. But I had to choose between this and the PressBoF hearing, listed for the same time. Fortunately, Alex Pritchard-Jones could be there, and he followed the hearing for […]
Carl Gardner
October 30, 2013
I was in court 68 at the Royal Courts of Justice this morning to hear the Press Standards Board of Finance’s urgent application for interim relief – an injunction – to stop the government from getting the cross-party press regulation […]
Carl Gardner
October 29, 2013
As I said in my last post, the Press Board of Finance’s grounds for judicial review make clear that it is seeking an injunction – “interim relief” – to stop the government getting its preferred cross-party Royal Charter granted […]
Carl Gardner
October 28, 2013
Here’s the statement of facts and grounds – drafted by Richard Gordon QC and Sarah Love, both of Brick Court Chambers – in support of the Press Board of Finance’s judicial review claim in respect of the decision not to grant […]
Carl Gardner
October 16, 2013
It’s no surprise that the Supreme Court has today unanimously dismissed appeals by two prisoners who wanted various remedies under the Human Rights Act and EU law for being denied the vote in Parliamentary, […]
Carl Gardner
October 15, 2013
I’ve spent some time looking at the final draft of the Royal Charter – so I want to share my thoughts with you. If you click the bottom left of the viewer, you’ll see in fullscreen view, highlighted, the key […]
Carl Gardner
October 14, 2013
I realise this is a legal blog. But I do write reviews occasionally, like this one of a film, and this one of a play, both on specifically legal themes, admittedly. I hope there’ll […]