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  • Charon podcast: the Supreme Court, and publishing Law Officers’ advice

    Carl Gardner
    July 23, 2009

    Charon interviewed me today: we spoke about the Supreme Court, its origins and what we expect from it, and whether the superficial change from House of Lords to Supreme Court will bring with it more significant changes, such as […]

    Tags: attorney general, charon qc, freedom of information, podcasts, UK Supreme Court, US Supreme Court
  • Charon QC podcast: Home Secretary v AF

    Carl Gardner
    June 13, 2009

    Charon interviewed me this morning about Wednesday’s House of Lords judgment in Home Secretary v AF, in which they ruled, applying the ECtHR judgment in A v UK, that there is a breach of […]

    Tags: charon qc, control orders, human rights, podcasts, terrorism
  • Charon QC podcast: MPs’ expenses and the Speaker

    Carl Gardner
    May 14, 2009

    Charon interviewed me today about the MPs’ offences scandal – including potential criminal liability under the Fraud Act 2006 – and about the Speaker’s decision to call in the police, not to investigate MPs’ claims but astonishingly to investigate […]

    Tags: charon qc, crime, parliament, podcasts
  • Charon QC podcast: lawyers targeted in Colombia

    Carl Gardner
    May 13, 2009

    Last week, Charon interviewed Sara Chandler, who’s director or the pro-bono unit at the College of Law, about the situation of lawyers and other human rights advocates in Colombia. Sara was one of over forty British lawyers who visited […]

    Tags: charon qc, colombia, human rights, podcasts
  • Charon QC podcast: Damian Green and Jacqui Smith

    Carl Gardner
    April 18, 2009

    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 […]

    Tags: charon qc, damian green, podcasts
  • Charon QC podcast on Jack Straw’s veto

    Carl Gardner
    February 27, 2009

    Once again I was talking to Charon today, this time about Jack Straw’s veto on the disclosure of those pesky Iraq minutes. Listen here.

    Tags: charon qc, podcasts
  • Charon Podcast: Damian Green’s arrest

    Carl Gardner
    November 29, 2008

    Charon QC interviewed me this morning about the Damian Green arrest: we discussed what offences he’s suspected of, ministers’ denial of prior knowledge of the arrest, the Parliamentary privilege aspect and the role of the Speaker, and wider issues […]

    Tags: charon qc, damian green, government, human rights, parliament, podcasts, secrecy
  • Charon QC podcast: prisoners and the right to vote

    Carl Gardner
    July 6, 2008

    This weekend Charon interviewed John Hirst of Prison Law Inside Out about his experience of life in prison, his thoughts on the penal system and about his victory a couple of years ago in the European Court of Human […]

    Tags: charon qc, elections, human rights, podcasts, prisons
  • Charon QC podcast: the Irish No and the Lisbon Treaty

    Carl Gardner
    June 15, 2008

    Big public law issues have come thick and fast this week, so today Charon QC and I talk about what happens now to the Lisbon Treaty, after the Irish “No”: what the options are, and what I think

    Tags: charon qc, ireland, lisbon treaty, podcasts
  • Charon QC podcast

    Carl Gardner
    June 12, 2008

    I spoke to Charon QC earlier about the 42 days, the government’s grubby deals, prospects for the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the Lords, and a bit about the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, too. You can hear the podcast […]

    Tags: charon qc, counter-terrorism bill, lisbon treaty, podcasts
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