I’m interested in this quite worrying judicial review case decided on Tuesday – worrying in that it shows how the criminal records system can easily be abused to undermine the presumption of innocence, though I suppose reassuring in that […]

There have been a couple of interesting reactions to Lord Bingham’s speech earlier this week: this from John Rentoul, citing this from Oliver Kamm; and this from Norman Geras.

Lord Lester also spoke in Tuesday’s debate, and although he didn’t give a full explanation of why he resigned from his role as a government adviser recently, he did give some clues. He obviously hoped for a much […]

David Pannick QC was made a Lord not long ago; and now he’s made his maiden speech, about the relationship between ministers and the judiciary, essentially. I’m glad he agrees with me about Paul Dacre, and I […]

The government’s review of the law on prostitution has not been universally welcomed: I’m going to be kind to it, for the most part. I think there are some really good recommendations here, for instance, that it […]

A hot week for legal news from France. First, if you remember the controversy over the annulment of the marriage of a couple from Lille – on the grounds that the wife had lied about being a virgin – […]

Lord Goldsmith was on Radio 4 last night defending his 2003 legal advice on the invasion of Iraq after Lord Bingham’s criticism last night; listen to Lord Goldsmith here.

So, Lord Bingham has given his legal view of the Iraq war: that the invasion was a serious breach of international law.

Is there anyone who hasn’t made up their mind about this already? I doubt it. Of […]

I’m catching up here on a House of Lords judgment I missed a few weeks ago in October. Bancoult is the culmination of a legal saga in which Chagossians – the people cleared off the British Indian […]

John Bolch (getting his second reference in quick succession) has an interesting post on whether Sir Mark Potter should have given a reference on headed paper for Bruce Hyman, the barrister convicted of perverting the course of justice […]