Charon QC interviewed me this afternoon as part of his “20 minutes” series of podcasts. First we spoke about arresting the Pope following my post earlier today. The we moved on briefly to discuss the former UKIP MEP Ashley […]

I’m pleased that Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are raising the question of the Pope’s potential legal liability for his apparent role in allowing the abuse of children by priests to continue by failing culpably to take action […]

Following my post on the “legal bits” of the Labour manifesto, here’s my analysis of the most important Conservative proposals of particular legal interest. I warn you: this is a long one, and needs sub-headings.

Constitutional law

On the constitution, the Tories […]

You don’t often see videos here, but after lunching with a friend today in Westminster, I witnessed the police arresting a demonstrator on College Green – and I thought I might as well share with you what I saw. Apologies […]

Obviously all the parties’ manifestos will contain long lists of items many of which could end up as legislation. I want to focus though on some of the “pledges” that are of particular legal interest or significance. Starting with Labour’s […]

I was interested in a debate yesterday kicked off by Jessica Asato, writing at Left Foot Forward about the way Conservative opposition led to the government’s dropping provisions in the Children, Schools and Families Bill about personal, social […]

The election really has begun in all but name, and justice already looks set to become of the biggest issues at the polls. Following George Osborne’s announcement on National Insurance, today the Conservatives are scheduled to announce plans for new […]

I’m glad to say Rachida Dati is in the news again on the other side of the water. The Telegraph reports a claim that Nicolas Sarkozy suspects her of being the source of the recent rumours about his marriage; […]

I’m a bit troubled by the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Servier Laboratories v NICE, in which the Court has granted Servier’s appeal, quashing the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s decision not to recommend Servier’s drug Protelos […]

I’m grateful to Charon for drawing my attention to Richard Gordon QC’s article in the Times last week arguing that it’s “time” for a written constitution. I’m not as impressed as he was, though. I’m thoroughly […]