Apparently, Mohammed Fayed is unhappy with the opening statement of the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, in the Diana and Dodi inquest, which he thinks could give “an appearance of bias”.

How astonishing!

Fayed has of course […]

I spent this evening at an event organised by the Human Rights Lawyers Association at which Michael Wills, Minister of State at Minijust responsible among many things for human rights policy, spoke about the Brown government’s approach to human […]

I’m afraid the police are simply making fools of themselves by seizing a photograph by Nan Goldin from the Baltic Centre in Gateshead. This reminds me of a similar story from 2001, when a photgraph by Tierney Gearon was […]

Heavens, I've had a slack late summer and early autumn, blawging-wise! Apologies. It's partly because of the demands of public law practice, and partly due to personal, career-change stuff. But normal service is about to be resumed.

I come back from my summer holiday to find there’s been a lot of sound and fury over the last couple of days about the decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal that Learco Chindamo, the murderer of Philip […]

Something that I’ve not heard mentioned yet in all the discussion of the BBC’s fake phone-ins is the question whether criminal offences might have been committed. Looking at the details of the competitions, it’s difficult to tell: the […]

The British government was at it again yesterday, I’m sorry to say: the DPP was insisting that Russia ought to extradite Andrei Lugovoi for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. I’m sorry to say I’m forced to agree with

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 […]