We awoke to the extraordinary news that Julian Assange had announced he’d leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London tomorrow and submit to arrest if the UN working group on arbitrary detention turned down his complaint to […]

I’ve blogged before about Garry Newlove’s murder not being attributable to a bail decision, and I’ve spoken to Charon to explain why I think the recent media panic about bail, because of that case and the case of […]

I’m a bit disheartened by this story. I entirely agree that bail conditions should be properly enforced: the fact that Adam Swellings felt able to return to Warrington immediately after being bailed on condition he shouldn’t return […]