One of the things that sometimes concerns me is what in the past I've called "human rightsism": the tendency to think all social problems should be cast and resolved in terms of human rights. It's related I think to seeing [...]
In his Kingsland memorial lecture last night, hosted by Policy Exchange, the former justice minister Nick Herbert MP argued that Britain should "leave the jurisdiction" of the European Court of Human Rights. This was an argument he trailed in a piece [...]
The other reader request comes from an equally esteemed legal chap whose legal interests closely match those of Head of Legal and who finds early mornings equally or perhaps even more challenging. He asks what I think of the Lords' [...]
I'm quite a fan of podcasts (I go walking in London's parks with them) and am a great admirer of those bloggers who produce them - notably Charon QC - so I'm well chuffed to be his guest on today's [...]
I can't quite believe the extent of my disagreement with David Pannick's article in today's Times, the title of which suggests it may be about immigration, but which is actually about the government's planned "British bill of rights and responsibilities". [...]
Interesting to see that Joshua Rozenberg in today's Telegraph takes the same view as Head of Legal about the next Attorney General. It's probably either Baroness Scotland or Lord Grabiner. Mind you, given Gordon Brown's wooing of possibly renegade LibDems, [...]