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 […]

I must stop writing about “freemen on the land” very soon. But Charon QC linked last week to a video showing some of their antics – and watching it prompted me to do a little more research.

The video […]

In another Without Prejudice special this week Charon QC talks to David Allen Green, author of the Jack of Kent blog, legal correspondent for The New Statesman and now media correspondent for The […]

I wrote in August about the ridiculous “freemen on the land”, and didn’t expect to return to the subject – but have written a piece for Comment is Free today in response to yesterday’s contribution from “commonly […]

Yesterday the joint committee of the Lords and Commons on privacy and injunctions took evidence from bloggers including not only the notorious Guido Fawkes, but I’m pleased to say my old Without Prejudice colleague and leading law blogger

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 […]

BBC Radio 4’s Law in Action this week discussed human rights law – the pluses and minuses of the Human Rights Act, what changes the Bill of Rights Commission might agree on, and what reforms to the European Court […]

The Guardian is reporting today that Home Office legal advisers think Brodie Clark, the former senior civil servant at the Border and Immigration Agency, will win his employment tribunal claim against the Home Office. I find this slightly strange, […]

He was once (briefly) my boss, and he’s told me he reads this blog, so you won’t be surprised that I have some sympathy with Anthony Inglese, the Solicitor to H.M. Revenue & Customs, over his experience before the Public […]

Today Charon QC and I recorded a special hour-long Without Prejudice discussion covering a number of subjects:

• Dominic Grieve’s recent speech on Human Rights, and his appearance for the UK in Scoppola v Italy in Strasbourg last week;
• the Julian Assange […]