Justice Secretary Jack Straw is proposing that the Supreme Court, when it starts work in October 2009, should be expanded from the twelve Justices originally proposed: he’s suggesting the appointment of a number of “people’s justices” from outside the normal […]

It’s been brought to my attention by someone who has time for things other than blogging that BBC TV’s Sir Alan Sugar, in his search for yet another Apprentice, has been landed with three lawyers in this year’s […]

I was a bit puzzled at first by the headline to this Times piece: a lawyer would be the last person I’d ask to guess the economic fallout from the credit crunch. But litigation is […]

I’ve not blogged about Pakistan for a while, but of course I’m delighted that there’s now a new government under Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, and that following his first order, political prisoners including deposed Chief Justice Iftihkhar Chaudhry […]

Scott Baker LJ has apparently told the jury that Prince Philip didn’t murder Diana. I expect Fayed’s thinking of judicially reviewing him as I write.

This post from SpyBlog about clause 43 of the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill has attracted a lot of attention today – Guido Fawkes, Iain Dale and Dizzy have all picked up on it. But it’s […]

Simon Carr of the Independent seems to share my feelings about the government’s constitutional reform plans.

Speaker Martin is making matters worse by applying the sub judice rule to his own appeal against the Information Tribunal’s ruling. The one place, therefore, that there can be no discussion of this incredible appeal is in […]

I’m astonished by the news that the Speaker has decided, apparently based on new legal advice, to appeal against the decision of the Information Tribunal that certain details of the expenses of fourteen named MPs must be disclosed. An […]

The FSA is investigating what appears to have been a “trash and cash” operation relating to HBOS shares: this is where someone (perhaps a bank trader or a hedge fund) for a fee borrows shares, say in HBOS, promising […]