The first of yesterday’s Lords judgments was in this human rights case, about the standard of investigation required by the article 2 Convention right to life, when a prisoner attempts suicide and fails, but injures himself seriously. In this […]

Last night I heard Lord Rodger of Earlsferry give the first Lord Renton memorial lecture – his subject being “interpreting statutes today” – and an interesting lecture it was, too.

He spoke about the importance of […]

I thought you’d be interested in a couple of stories (in English) about the German government’s proposed new BKA law (Federal Crime Agency law, would be my translation) which is proving controversial because it will […]

Unity at Liberal Conspiracy has an interesting suggestion about the government’s prostitution review – suggesting it’s part of Gordon Brown’s policy of securing “British jobs for British workers“. Great line; you wouldn’t actually be safe […]

Joshua Rozenberg has started something like a blawg on the Telegraph‘s website. He specifically says it’s not a blog: though his reasons are wrong, if he thinks blogging means you write about yourself or simply recycle […]

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 […]