A reader has asked me what I think of the widely reported conviction and fine of Jason Howard for dangerous cycling which killed Rhiannon Bennet in Buckingham last year.

It’s always difficult to comment on cases like this. […]

The other reader request comes from an equally esteemed legal chap whose legal interests closely match those of Head of Legal and who finds early mornings equally or perhaps even more challenging. He asks what I […]

Following his successful appeal in April, it’s being reported now that Abu Qatada is about to be released on bail.

I wouldn’t have thought you’re likely to bump into him in the street, though, since he’s got […]

I can’t link to the Court of Appeal judgment yet: I will when it’s available. But Samina Malik’s conviction under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 has been quashed, on the basis that the jury […]

The trial of Al Qaeda suspects in the US big news at the moment of course – with Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and others having appeared before a military tribunal on Friday. I’m interested, though, in this Federal Court […]

I’m interested in the fact that Poole Borough Council put the Paton family under surveillance because they thought they might have fraudulently applied for a school place for their daughter. I’m also interested in Liberty’s response.

I feel […]

The FSA is investigating what appears to have been a “trash and cash” operation relating to HBOS shares: this is where someone (perhaps a bank trader or a hedge fund) for a fee borrows shares, say in HBOS, promising […]

Yesterday the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency announced it had decided not to prosecute GlaxoSmithKline for offences under medicines legislation, although it says GSK failed to inform it promptly of data it had from clinical trials suggesting that the […]

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 was at a conference yesterday, which is why I didn’t blog about yesterday’s Lords judgment in A v Hoare and related appeals, in which they ruled that civil claims for damages can be made out of […]