On Monday the Guardian published this piece about Sadakat Kadri‘s claim that

Islamic law can be compatible with the toughest human rights legislation.

I doubt this very much; and I don’t think my or anyone else’s scepticism is the result […]

It’s not unusual nowadays for campaign groups of all kinds to take judicial review proceedings against public authorities: it’s now well established that their knowledge of and involvement in matters of public interest means they can have a sufficient interest […]

As a resident of Brent in north-west London, I’m not sure what I think about the Labour council’s planned library cuts. I’m not happy that any should be cut. I don’t want social care to be cut any more than […]

Thanks to Paul Dillane, who directed me to the document.

In his lecture last night, Lord Irvine invited British judges to become more assertive in deciding human rights cases for themselves, agreeing or disagreeing with the European Court of Human Rights, as they see fit. Today’s judgment from the […]

Lord Irvine tonight weighed in to the debate about Britain’s relationship with the European Court of Human Rights – and effectively accused the Supreme Court of having surrendered its intellectual independence, and shirked its judicial responsibility.

His at times toughly-worded lecture […]

Alistair Campbell blogged yesterday about his appearance and evidence to the Leveson inquiry. He had plenty to say, but I won’t repeat it – read the transcript of his evidence, and the statement he provided.

What interests me […]

Does Lady Hale wish she were still sitting in the House of Lords, rather than the Supreme Court? Earlier this week she gave a striking speech to the Law Centres Federation conference. She opened her remarks by saying

It is not […]

This evening the Attorney General Dominic Grieve has been speaking at City University on the subject “Contempt – a balancing act”.

Here’s the draft text of his speech – it differed only slightly in delivery. In the document viewer […]

So the Telegraph reported the week before last, based on an interview with Ken Clarke:

the Justice Secretary reveals that Britain is poised strike a deal to overhaul the controversial human rights court to stop it being used by […]