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  • Psychoactive substances: Labour’s February 2015 amendment to the Serious Crime Bill

    Carl Gardner
    June 8, 2015

    Anyone following the progress of the Psychoactive Substances Bill (the general principle of which which be debated on Second Reading in the House of Lords tomorrow) may be interested in this amendment tabled by Labour’s Home Affairs team (as “NC21”) […]

    Tags: crime, government, legislation, parliament
  • And another thing …
    (about the Psychoactive Substances Bill)

    Carl Gardner
    June 3, 2015

    One of the things some people claim shows the bill is “badly drafted” is the way exemptions are written for caffeine and alcohol.

    Our newly-elected government aren’t the brightest bunch. Psychoactive Substances Bill “exemption” for caffeine: […]

    Tags: crime, government, legislation, parliament
  • What’s wrong with the
    Psychoactive Substances Bill?

    Carl Gardner
    June 3, 2015

    mzuckerm | Creative CommonsAll kinds of sensory experiences can affect thinking and impair judgement. Drinking, obviously; the inhalation of cannabis; and perhaps even the sight of a new Home Office […]

    Tags: crime, government, parliament
  • Why Michael Gove must think carefully about the Human Rights Act

    Carl Gardner
    May 26, 2015

    Policy Exchange | Creative CommonsA fair amount’s been written about the problems ministers face as they aim to “scrap” the Human Rights Act (to use […]

    Tags: government, human rights, parliament, UK Supreme Court
  • Ed can enter No. 10 without Nicola’s keys

    Carl Gardner
    April 19, 2015

    Ministry of Defence | Creative CommonsThis election looks a close-run thing – very close run indeed. As I write, polls and forecasts suggest strongly that […]

    Tags: constitution, government, prime minister
  • The Prince Charles letters judgment – in a few sentences

    Carl Gardner
    March 26, 2015

    For a while I’ve wondered if it might be helpful to summarise key Supreme Court and other major judgments in a few sentences. So I thought I’d have a go at it as an experiment, while I’m gathering my fuller […]

    Tags: constitution, eu law, freedom of information, government, UK Supreme Court
  • John Cooper QC on the Global Law Summit: “By going there, we are tacitly endorsing what Grayling is doing”

    Carl Gardner
    January 26, 2015


    The Criminal Bar Association’s acceptance of an invitation to speak at the government’s Global Law Summit next month is “pandering” to the Lord Chancellor’s “political opportunism”, John Cooper QC said today […]

    Tags: chris grayling, crime, dpp, government, jury trial, legal aid, lord chancellor, podcasts, sharia
  • Dominic Grieve: I am not a lone voice crying in the wilderness

    Carl Gardner
    December 4, 2014


    The Conservative debate on human rights is “very far from over”, Dominic Grieve told an audience of lawyers last night, as he strongly criticised his party’s recent policy paper – saying he was […]

    Tags: Dominic Grieve, government, human rights
  • The PM’s “foreign fighters” plan: probably lawful

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2014

    Chris Fleming | Creative CommonsOvernight in Australia,

    Tags: government, human rights, immigration, international, terrorism
  • Grieve: Counter-terrorism measures “probably getting to the right place”

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2014

    The former Attorney General Dominic Grieve appeared on Radio 4’s World at One Today to discuss the government’s new plan to “regulate” the return to the UK of those who, for instance, have gone to Syria […]

    Tags: Dominic Grieve, government, immigration, international, terrorism
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