A crowd of Iranian “protesters” has stormed the British embassy in Tehran today, following the adoption of a new law requiring the expulsion of the British ambassador.

Of course I’ve no proof that the “protests” are planned and directed […]

The government has today published a note (hat tip to Paul Waugh) setting out a summary of the legal basis of the government’s deployment in Libya. Actually it does no more than explain that UN Resolution 1973 authorises member […]

CharonQC managed to secure an interview today with Mark Stephens – no doubt a very busy solicitor at the moment, given the arrest and detention of his client Julian Assange on a European arrest warrant from Sweden.

Mark Stephens tells […]

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 […]

This blog didn’t exist when US and British forces, with others, invaded Iraq in 2003. I’ve never written directly about the legality of the war. But with Sir Michael Wood and Elizabeth Wilmshurst having given evidence to the Iraq inquiry […]

Following on from my Charon podcast yesterday, I thought it might help to put my thoughts in writing about last Friday’s judgment. It might be farcical, except that it relates to the cruel treatment and possibly torture of a prisoner. […]

I spoke to Charon QC this afternoon about last Friday’s judgment in R (Mohamed) v Foreign Secretary, in which the Administrative Court ruled that it should make public in its original judgment 7 paragraphs, consisting of 25 […]

So, Lord Bingham has given his legal view of the Iraq war: that the invasion was a serious breach of international law.

Is there anyone who hasn’t made up their mind about this already? I doubt it. Of […]

In a busy week for judgments I’ve not yet mentioned the arrest of Radovan Karadzic and his transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. But I’m as pleased as anyone else about it. Of course leaders like […]

The legality or otherwise of the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 has been the biggest international legal issue of our time – and it continues to cause division and disagreement not only in the Dog and […]