I completely agree (not for the first time) with John Bolch at Family Lore about the Baby P case. Of course anything councils can do to improve child protection systems must be done – it must be done regardless […]

Thanks to David Mery for pointing me to this video of Ms. Abbott’s award-winning speech. What a brilliant medium the web is, eh?

While we’re on 42 days, let’s think back to when the Commons debated the issue back in June. At the time I thought Diane Abbott’s speech stood out; and I’m not alone, because it won her the Spectator’s Parliamentary […]

On Wednesday in the Court of Appeal, Mohamed Raissi successfully resisted the police’s appeal against his successful action for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment, having been arrested shortly after 9/11 together with his brother, Lotfi, and his sister […]

There’s been quite a lot of blawg talk about Paul Dacre’s speech, apart from here. I’m especially interested in Simon Myerson’s good advice to would-be barristers about avoiding judge-bashing, as disrespectful of the rule of law and ultimately […]

There are two today, both from Northern Ireland.

In Re E is about the protests and distress of little girls trying to attend the Holy Cross Church in north Belfast in 2001 in the midst of […]

I almost almost choked on my credit crunch this morning (Sainsbury’s “Basics” breakfast wheat biscuits) as I listened to quotes from Paul Dacre’s lecture to the Society of Editors Conference, in which he attacks Eady J personally for his […]

You hardly mention Lord Lester for ages, then suddenly two posts about him come in the same week. He resigned the other day as the government’s adviser on constitutional stuff, which news gives me another chance to kick […]

I strongly agree with Joshua Rozenberg’s attack on tribalism in the personal injury world: he’s right that it’s outrageous to criticise a lawyer’s nomination for an award on the grounds that you don’t like the outcome he’s achieved in […]

Both the Guardian and the Telegraph have reported this week that the government’s plans for a “Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” is facing a Cabinet revolt, led by Jacqui Smith. I’m not at all surprised that it’s running […]