Binyam Mohamed: finally, an end
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to comment on the Court of Appeal's judgment in R(Mohamed) v Foreign Secretary. People usually claim to hate saying they told you so. I love saying it if I'm honest, but only if [...]
Binyam Mohamed – again
Another week, another Binyam Mohamed judgment. This time, Thomas LJ and Lloyd-Jones J have decided to restore to their previous judgment the passages they redacted out at the request of the Foreign Secretary, who claims they'd endanger national security - [...]
Binyam Mohamed: torture and secrecy; wood and trees
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. [...]
Charon QC podcast: the Binyam Mohamed case
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 lines, summarising American [...]
Lord Goldsmith on Binyam Mohamed – and Guantanamo
I'm interested that Lord Goldsmith, writing in yesterday's Independent, essentially agrees with me on the Binyam Mohamed case:That the High Court finally agreed – with some apparent regret – with the Foreign Secretary in believing the preservation of a fully [...]
The Mohamed judgment
Here it is. I think it's a good judgment, and I'm glad I was cautious last night about joining the chorus of outrage: it does not seem obvious to me that justice requires the 25-line summary of evidence the judges [...]
The Mohamed case and the American threats
It's difficult, without seeing the judges' ruling, to be completely sure that the information Thomas LJ and Lloyd-Jones J would like to publish relating to the treatment of Binyam Mohamed must be published by a British court: originally disclosure was [...]
R (Miranda) v Home Secretary: today’s judgment
Today the Administrative Court dismissed David Miranda's judicial review challenge to his detention and questioning at Heathrow airport last August under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The government is bound to welcome this legal victory; unsurprisingly Theresa May says the judgment [...]