Sir Nicholas Wall has published his judgments in these cases involving Vicky Haigh, the woman John Hemming named in Parliament as a potential “secret prisoner” back in April after she spoke at a public meeting about the court […]

I was listening to the Proms last night, when the concert was rudely interrupted. As most readers will know, protesters disrupted the concert because the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was playing.

I’m attracted by Norman Lebrecht’s view (expressed in response […]

And now for something completely different.

The Health and Social Care Bill is approaching report stage in the House of Commons, and the campaign group 38 Degrees has obtained legal advice about it from Stephen Cragg and Rebecca Haynes.

I must write about something other than John Hemming MP and his causes soon, or else I’ll become an obsessed man, and start suing everyone, or something.

But before leaving the subject, I must pick up on something written by […]

John Hemming MP wrote an extraordinary article in the Huffington Post last week, defending his actions in the Vicky Haigh case.

First I want to address one of the legal points he raises in the piece. This one’s on American constitutional […]

Two cases in court this week have involved people whose cause has been championed by John Hemming MP. First, on Monday, there was Vicky Haigh’s case. Today, a man called Norman Scarth, who’s in prison for contempt of court, 

In April I wrote about John Hemming’s use of Parliamentary privilege to name a woman involved in a family law dispute with a local authority. I concluded:

since this appears to be a family case involving a local authority, it’s […]

In this week’s bumper edition of Without Prejudice no fewer than three guests – former (and perhaps future) LibDem MP Dr Evan Harris, the lawyer, blogger and tweeter David Wales, and the editor of the UK Human Rights blog 

I’ve been away for a few days (drinking beer by the canals of Amsterdam among other things), but of course that hasn’t stopped my colleagues talking about law on Without Prejudice. In fact, this week I’ve been somewhat more […]

I’m not sure what purpose will be served by today’s grilling of Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks (whose portrait still hangs at the National Portrait Gallery, I found on Sunday) by the Culture, Media and Sport select […]