This afternoon in the House of Commons the Prime Minister told MPs that Reyaad Khan, the “Islamic State” fighter from Cardiff, was killed in Syria in a targeted RAF drone strike. His death was reported some days ago […]

Photo: Home Office

Only a matter of weeks ago, politicians were seriously discussing the possibility that the UK might need to withdraw from the […]

Since my last post on Danny Nightingale I’ve been in touch with his solicitor, Simon McKay. I asked him what he thought about the Attorney’s response to Philip Hammond, and he replied:

My view is that the AG has the ability […]

The Attorney General Dominic Grieve has been criticised for refusing to intervene in the case of Danny Nightingale, a soldier who pleaded guilty at a Court Martial recently to illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. Apparently Danny Nightingale’s […]

Last night on the BBC’s Newsnight, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, named one of the women whose evidence has led Swedish prosecutors to seek the extradition of Julian Assange.

I agree with those who think this was […]

When I saw Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers give evidence to the Leveson inquiry last week, I did wonder for half a moment whether it could be sensible or right for her apparently to make statements about what had […]

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 […]

As I think readers will surely know by now, John Hemming MP used Parliamentary privilege today to name the footballer whose anonymity is protected in this privacy case by an injunction, which the High Court decided earlier today […]

The government has today published a note (hat tip to Paul Waugh) setting out a summary of the legal basis of the government’s deployment in Libya. Actually it does no more than explain that UN Resolution 1973 authorises member […]

At the end of my interview the other day with Charon QC, I spoke briefly about the appointments of the Law Officers – the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve and the Solicitor General, Edward Garnier – and suggested […]