As the “Cash for Honours” affair appears to be reaching a climax in Britain – the CPS believe no further investigation is needed, and they can now proceed to advise whether any offences are diclosed by the evidence, and […]

At PMQs the other day, David Cameron asked why the government hasn’t banned the Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir. The Tory website explains Cameron’s stance (and provides a link the to BBC video of PMQs) here. Gordon Brown responded by saying […]

Graham Coutts has been found guilty for a second time of murdering Jane Longhurst in 2003. He was originally convicted at Lewes Crown Court in 2004, but his successful appeal to the House of Lords last summer led […]

Last week I missed an interesting Administrative Court judgment on an important issue: whether the then Home Secretary, Charles Clarke (gosh – doesn’t that seem a long time ago?) acted lawfully when, in April 2006, he announced in Parliament […]

Gordon Brown has today made a statement to the House of Commons on his plans for constitutional change – and overall, I have to say it’s a mixed but overall reasonably good package. It’s not as ambitious or radical […]

What an excellent Blawg Review by Nearly Legal. The British really are coming!

The European Court of Human Rights’s ruling last Friday in the cases of O’Halloran and Francis means the police, when they http://www.gooakley.com/ suspect a driving offence has been committed, can continue to compel the registered keepers of […]

As has been widely reported, sections 1 to 12 of the Health Act 2006 came into force this morning, in effect introducing a ban on smoking in enclosed public places – including pubs, bars, caffs and restaurants as well […]

The new Attorney is not, unfortunately, Lord Head of Legal, but is indeed Baroness Scotland, as predicted here (well, sort of). The civil servants or web http://www.gooakley.com/ contractors at Patsy’s new den haven’t yet updated […]

The House of Lords gave an important judgment yesterday, in YL v Birmingham City Council, on the scope of the Human Rights Act: it ruled by a 3-2 majority that a care home which provides care and accommodation to […]