Unbelievably, More 4 news tonight, leading on the Williams/sharia story, has a “debate” between a pro-Williams Muslim lawyer, who backs Williams; and the extreme Islamist Anjem Choudhury, who opposed Williams on the basis that his proposal would not […]

I’ve never had much time for Rowan Williams: touted and hyped as a man of liberal progressive principle, and the highest posisble intelligence, he has in fact shown himself as prepared to bow to hatred of homosexuality rather than […]

There are four judgments today: none of them really grab me by the throat, but I’m sure they’ll interest others. There’s a technical one about European Arrest Warrants, Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica; technical consolidated criminal […]

I like having unmoderated comments on the blog – and I’ve no problem with people remaining anonymous. But I’ve just had to delete a comment which made a very serious allegation against a named person.

Obviously I can’t allow […]

The Commons continues today to debate the Bill – and today I expect the debate to be a true Europhobiafest, since the theme is human rights, a subject which, even when not linked to the EU, causes much […]

I’ve blogged before about Garry Newlove’s murder not being attributable to a bail decision, and I’ve spoken to Charon to explain why I think the recent media panic about bail, because of that case and the case of […]

I was at a conference yesterday, which is why I didn’t blog about yesterday’s Lords judgment in A v Hoare and related appeals, in which they ruled that civil claims for damages can be made out of […]

Frances Gibb in today’s Times is reporting that the government will propose handing over to the DPP the Attorney’s role of consenting to a range of prosecutions – although otherwise, the Attorney’s role will remain unchanged.

Charon QC latest interviewee is Andrew Holroyd, President of the Law Society – who talks to him about the Society’s work on Zimbabwe and Pakistan, which you’ll know is an issue I’ve been concerned about since the lawyers’ protests […]

New appointees to the High Court bench are, it turns out, embarrassingly white, male, public-schooly and barristerial. I wish I could argue that true appointment on merit may or may not result in more black and women appointees, more […]