The Austrian newspaper Der Standard reports that the Vienna Court of Appeal has today commuted David Irving’s sentence – after a year of his three-year sentence for holocaust denial in 1989, he is now being released on […]

The news that the police have arrested another suspect in connection with the Suffolk murders eases my concern a little about the way the Tom Stephens arrest was covered – if one of these men ends up being charged […]

I’m concerned about the way the arrest of Tom Stephens is being handled by the BBC (I haven’t seen any news on the other side) and by the press. True, it’s only an offence to publish anything that creates a […]

The Attorney General, on what’s obviously been fingered as a “Jo Moore” day, has announced that he is ordering the SFO to discontinue its investigation into possible fraud in relation to BAe’s Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. […]

So, Tony Blair’s been interviewed by the police about “cash for honours”. Not under caution – and that may be very significant. A suspect must be interviewed under caution, and I know that when I used to prosecute, I would […]

I notice Marcel Berlins takes a diametrically opposed view to mine about family impact statements. Well, not quite diametrically: I agree with him in fact that presenting the statement ought not to be part of the role of the […]

Oh my God! I find myself coming over all lawyerly and conservative when I survey this appalling bill, which got through second reading in the Commons yesterday and which http://www.raybani.com/ would remove the right to trial by jury […]

The papers today all report the life sentences passed on the murderers of Tom ap Rhys Price – what a senseless and stupid crime. A particularly interesting aspect of the case was the statement made by Tom’s fiancee Adele […]