I’m not sure what purpose will be served by today’s grilling of Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks (whose portrait still hangs at the National Portrait Gallery, I found on Sunday) by the Culture, Media and Sport select […]

In Without Prejudice this week, John Cooper QC joins Charon QC, David Allen Green and me to talk mainly about all the legal issues raised by the News of the World phone hacking scandal, in particular:

• the […]

This changes everything. As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in the House in his statement this afternoon, News Corporation has withdrawn its proposed “undertakings in lieu” in relation to BSkyB. These were its undertakings, for instance “spinning off” Sky […]

We couldn’t gather urgently in the same room with wine, but today Charon QC spoke to both David Allen Green and me about the News of the World phone hacking scandal, and the range of legal issues it […]

Because of bladder problems, Elaine McDonald needs to go to the toilet several times during the night; and because of mobility problems, she can’t get there safely on her own. Kensington & Chelsea have decided that her needs can be […]

I’ve forgotten to mention I was on Radio 4’s You and Yours on Monday – I was interviewed briefly by Peter White as a trailer to the programme’s discussion on legal aid the following day.

If you’re interested, the […]

A lot of people must be wondering this, given recent allegations and revelations about phone hacking by the News of the World. So can the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt now block the planned merger of News Corporation and BSkyB?

An interesting discrimination law judgment came the Court of Appeal on Friday in Grant v H.M Land Registry.

Chris Grant worked for the Land Registry, initially at Lytham, where he was “out”; but when he got promoted to a […]

In the latest Without Prejudice podcast, Charon QC, Timothy Pitt-Payne QC, Amanda Bancroft of Beneath The Wig and I discuss

• Lady Hale’s comments on legal aid
• the law on checking out potential employees
• the Milly Dowler murder […]

I took part in Decision Time on BBC Radio 4, first broadcast last night, in a discussion about the European Court of Human Rights – specifically whether the UK could denounce the European Convention on Human Rights, […]