Another fascinating case was argued before the US Supreme Court yesterday: in this case, the question before the court is whether the second amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees citizen’s right to bear arms, precludes state laws outlawing handgun […]

If you’re like me, then reading legal journals or the legal pages of newspapers means, far too often, looking at yet another uncritical profile of or interview with some office-holder, often telling you how determined he or she is about […]

In the time since my last post I’m not at all surprised that Mr. Fayed has tried another judicial review; it’ll be astonishing if there’s ever an end to his Diana litigation.

There’s also of course been

There are five of them.

Brit Syndicates is about the construction of an insurance indemnity policy: not my kind of thing at all. Total Network is about VAT “carousel” or “MTIC” fraud […]

My heart is sinking as David Miliband opens the third reading debate on the EU (Amendment) Bill. Yet again all the same old arguments are going to be thrashed out, no doubt at great length, and repetitively. It’s all important, […]

Wow! I actually agree again with David Pannick in his Times column today. And not just on DNA and the UK’s defence in S and Marper case. I also think his comments on […]

I can’t not mention my old boss Lord Goldsmith’s report on citizenship, which has attracted a lot of attention because of its suggestion that teenagers might swear allegiance to Queen and country. I have to say if this had […]

Iain Dale’s famous blog linked the other day to a post at the EU Referendum blog, which suggests EU law may prevent the UK from imposing a higher rate of duty on alcopops, and casts doubt on Tory […]

Yesterday the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency announced it had decided not to prosecute GlaxoSmithKline for offences under medicines legislation, although it says GSK failed to inform it promptly of data it had from clinical trials suggesting that the […]

All the interminable committee debates on the EU (Amendment) Bill come to a head tonight, with a debate and vote on the Tories’ amendment, which would require a referendum – though they may withdraw this and back Labour backbencher Ian […]