In his lecture last night, Lord Irvine invited British judges to become more assertive in deciding human rights cases for themselves, agreeing or disagreeing with the European Court of Human Rights, as they see fit. Today’s judgment from the […]

The Supreme Court has given judgment today in this case about whether Scottish criminal suspects must have the right to a lawyer when being questioned in the first hours after they’re arrested and detained, a right which legislation currently […]

The Lords have given quite an interesting judgment today on the standard of proof in care proceedings under the Children Act 1989, which I think in principle applies across the board in civil proceedings. They’ve cut through the confusion […]

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 […]

So, The Sun has published the video from the cockpit of the plane that killed LCol Hull. It’ll be interesting to see whether the MoD will now accept that this video is accurate, or whether they’ll distance […]