This morning the Telegraph reports on an expenses claim by Elliot Morley for mortgage interest he never owed; and for the first time, this report mentions potential offences, with a quote from solicitor Steven Barker, quite […]

The Lords gave judgment yesterday in this complex case, about confiscation of the proceeds of drugs offences. The main issue is actually whether the judge ruling on confiscation can take into account criminal conduct that the defendant has never […]

The extension of bail for Christopher Galley and Damian Green, is, according to the CPS, to enable them to “resolve issues of Parliamentary privilege”.

It’ll be a pity if this renews the hopeless debate about the entirely […]

I’m a few days late in reacting to the new DPP Keir Starmer’s statement that he’s not opposed to televising criminal trials, subject to safeguards. I back him wholeheartedly; this has been exactly my view for years.

Sam Coates at Red Box has apparently been given differing views about how bad misconduct has to be in order to count for the purposes of the criminal offence of misconduct in a public office.

Lawyers […]

Joshua Rozenberg thinks Christopher Galley’s press conferences means charges against him or Damian Green are unlikely – I hope he’s proved right. It’s quite correct of course that CPS lawyers would need to conclude a prosecution was in the […]

Here’s the full statement released today by Bindmans solicitors about their client, Christopher Galley – the Home Office civil servant who (the statement admits) passed on information to Damian Green MP. The statement makes clear that Mr. Galley believes […]

I’m concerned that press and political comment on the Damian Green affair is ignoring the situation of the civil servant who’s also been arrested – and thereby missing the really important point behind all this.

It’s morally inconsistent and […]

A particularly interest aspect of the law relating to the Damian Green case came out in my discussion with Charon QC earlier. You’ll remember that he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public […]

I’m glad Damian Green has been released on bail: this affair is quite worrying, and David Cameron is entitled to be angry and ask questions, I think. Home Office ministers in particular need to explain what if anything they […]