September 3, 2008
Six people are on trial at the moment at Maidstone Crown Court for criminal damage, having painted slogans on Kingsnorth power station last year in protest against climate change, and will be defending themselves on the basis of “lawful excuse”, criminal damage only being an offence if done without lawful excuse, the law allowing for [...]
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December 5, 2007
I’ve left it far, far too long before commenting on the important “ship-source” pollution case in which the European Court of Justice gave its ruling a few weeks ago. Remiss of me. But even if the delay means I’ve lost all credibility with you, you can believe me that the case is a more interesting [...]
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