Charon QC interviewed me today about the Damian Green affair: we spoke about how the leak investigation began, the DPP’s decision not to prosecute, Jacqui Smith’s responsibility and vulnerability and the questions she needs to answer if she’s to […]

I’ve consistently argued that ministers, not the police, should be the focus of scrutiny in the Greengate/Galleygate affair. The initial controversy was about the arrest of Damian Green, and search of his office: that’s of course the first any of […]

I was interviewed on the Damian Green affair for today’s 5 Live morning reports, which went out at the crack of dawn: you can listen here for the next week. The Damian Green item starts at […]

The more you reflect on Greengate/Galleygate, the more serious it seems. The charge laid by Damian Green is that ministers have acted in an authoritarian manner; understandably from his point of view he sees that as illustrating this government’s instincts.

So now we know that no charges will be brought against either Damian Green or Christopher Galley. Here is the CPS statement explaining its decision.

The real point about this scandal is not the conduct of the police […]

Later this morning I expect the CPS to announce that they will not prosecute either Damian Green or Chris Galley for misconduct in public office or conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. Readers of this blog will […]

I’d entirely missed Lord Hoffmann’s recent speech about the European Court of Human Rights: thanks to Afua Hirsch for drawing attention to it. In my view this is a brave and important speech, and I applaud him.

Following his success as David Frost in Frost/Nixon and most recently as Brian Clough in The Damned United, for his next impersonation of a famous figure Michael Sheen will turn to law, BBC Films and […]

Last week the House of Representatives in Washington passed a Bill taxing at about 90% the bonuses received by employees of firms given $5 Billion or more in taxpayer support. Here’s a Washington Post story […]

Last week in Strasbourg, the Times lost its claim in the European Court of Human Rights that the way libel law in the UK applies to online newspaper archives breaches the right to freedom of expression under […]