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  • Miranda v Home Secretary: today’s hearing and order

    Carl Gardner
    August 22, 2013

    Today’s hearing at the High Court before Lord Justice Beatson and Mr Justice Kenneth Parker was interesting, and not just because of the order they made. But let me turn to that order first.

    The court has ordered that until a […]

    Tags: freedom of expression, government, injunctions, media law, police, terrorism
  • Legal advice at the police station – French and Scottish style

    Carl Gardner
    October 20, 2010

    It used to be common in England to suggest that criminal justice was better in France or in Scotland. Well, each is another country, and they do things differently there. I’ve absolutely no doubt some of their laws are better. […]

    Tags: crime, france, human rights, police, scotland
  • Defending the DNA database

    Carl Gardner
    March 26, 2010

    I wrote at Comment is Free yesterday, defending the government’s proposals on retention of DNA profiles in the Crime and Security Bill, and generally arguing against the idea that profile retention is a major invasion of human rights:

    … much […]

    Tags: crime, dna, human rights, police, private life
  • Lord Martin on Damian Green: car-crash evidence

    Carl Gardner
    November 4, 2009

    A special Commons committee chaired by Sir Ming Campbell is currently inquiring into the arrest of Damian Green MP last year, and search of his Parliamentary offices; and on Monday they heard evidence from the former Speaker, now Lord Martin. […]

    Tags: damian green, parliament, police
  • MPs expenses: the Speaker and the police

    Carl Gardner
    May 8, 2009

    I’m not blogging much at the moment: I’m sorry, teaching commitments are keeping me away. But I must comment on an apsect of the MPs’ expenses revelations carried by the Telegraph today.

    BBC News is reporting that

    Tags: parliament, police
  • Fuss and nonsense from Daniel Kawczynski

    Carl Gardner
    January 21, 2009

    Here we go again. It only seems ten minutes since I was exasperated by the Damian Green affair, specifically the way MPs, media and blogs all focused quite wrongly on the extremely lawful and proper search of Damian Green’s Westminster […]

    Tags: human rights, parliament, police
  • Bindmans statement about Christopher Galley

    Carl Gardner
    December 1, 2008

    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 […]

    Tags: crime, damian green, government, human rights, parliament, police
  • Damian Green: missing the point

    Carl Gardner
    December 1, 2008

    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 […]

    Tags: crime, damian green, government, human rights, parliament, police
  • Justifying misconduct in public office

    Carl Gardner
    November 29, 2008

    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 […]

    Tags: crime, damian green, government, parliament, police, secrecy
  • More thoughts on Damian Green

    Carl Gardner
    November 28, 2008

    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 […]

    Tags: crime, government, human rights, parliament, police
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