Bram Moszkowicz, probably the most famous and certainly the most controversial lawyer in the Netherlands, was disbarred for life on Tuesday by the lawyers’ disciplinary body the Raad van Discipline, which found him to have breached a number of professional […]

In what amounts to a defeat for the government, the Supreme Court has decided in this case to refer to the European Court of Justice questions on the interpretation of the EU Citizenship Directive, 2004/38.

From the government’s point of view, […]

It’s well known that the government faces a problem when it comes to prisoners’ votes.

On the one hand, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the Hirst case in 2005 that the UK’s general disenfranchisement of all serving […]

Last night on the BBC’s Newsnight, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, named one of the women whose evidence has led Swedish prosecutors to seek the extradition of Julian Assange.

I agree with those who think this was […]

This afternoon I spoke to Charles Crawford, the former British ambassador to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Warsaw and now mediator and Telegraph blogger, about the international law and diplomatic […]

A few thoughts, following Julian Assange’s extraordinary statement from the windows of the Ecuadorian embassy earlier today.

First, the physical arrangements. What was interesting was that he didn’t even step on to the balcony proper; he remained firmly on the […]

This afternoon I spoke to Charon QC about Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange.

The interview deals with a number of myths that have attached to this case – including the idea that what he’s suspected of in […]

The latest twist in the Julian Assange case, as we await Ecuador’s decision on granting him asylum (a decision which would not, as I’ve written before, in itself allow protection from arrest if he steps outside the embassy), is […]

An important trial’s going on at the moment in Moscow – one that may be important for the future of political opposition to Vladimir Putin, and that potentially tells us a lot about what’s going […]

Today’s judgment in the “Twitter joke” trial appeal is an important victory for Paul Chambers, who can now move forward with his life as a man of good character. The legal system has wronged him; but now at least […]