As well as recording today’s speeches, I also spoke to some of the people who came on today’s “Grayling Day” demonstration in London against legal aid cuts.

Subashini Nathan volunteers for Bail for […]

The best speeches at today’s “Grayling Day” demonstration against legal aid cuts weren’t by lawyers or politicians, but by those who’v been at the sharp end of the justice system. And Francis Nettles’s speech was […]

Shami Chakrabarti told the crowd gathered at Old Palace Yard this morning, opposite the Houses of Parliament, that naming March 7 2014 “Grayling Day” was no honour for the Lord Chancellor: on the contrary, this […]

Here are David Miranda’s grounds in support of his application to the Court of Appeal, for permission to appeal against the Administrative Court’s dismissal of his judicial review. They were drafted by Matthew Ryder QC, Edward Craven and 

Here’s David Miranda’s application to the Court of Appeal* – drafted by Matthew Ryder QC and Edward Craven of Matrix Chambers – for permission to appeal against today’s Administrative Court judgment. […]

Today the Administrative Court dismissed David Miranda’s judicial review challenge to his detention and questioning at Heathrow airport last August under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The government is bound to welcome this legal victory; unsurprisingly […]

The Court of Appeal’s judgment today in McLoughlin and Newell will be warmly welcomed by the government. The […]

Last week at LSE, Joshua Rozenberg – Britain’s best known writer and broadcaster on law – spoke to Professor Conor Gearty about his career, and answered the audience’s questions on a wide variety of legal […]

The Supreme Court’s judgment today dismisses, unanimously, the appeals of the HS2 Action Alliance, Heathrow Hub Limited and Hillingdon and other local councils. They had tried judicial review to challenge the government’s plans […]