Jacqui Smith is on her feet as I write, opening the third reading debate on the Counter-Terrorism Bill: at about 7 o’clock tonight MPs will finally vote on the government’s proposed reserve power to extend detention of terror suspects without […]

It was probably predictable that at some point the public and political debate about this bill, and the proposed extension of pre-charge detention of terror suspects to a potential maximum of 42 days, would be diverted away from the merits […]

Two stories from France today: first, that of Brigitte Bardot and her conviction by the Paris Tribunal Correctionnel for incitement of hatred towards Muslims. It wasn’t her first conviction, either. This time (the offence goes back to […]

Jacqui Smith seems to have persuaded some Labour MPs at the meeting of backbenchers last night – though to be honest, listening to some of the converts I wonder whether they had understood the legislation before now. Nick Robinson […]

It was always obvious (wasn’t it?) that the government’s insistence on trying to extend detention of terrorist suspects beyond 28 days was political madness. Even if they do manage to get it through Parliament, the public won’t thank them, or […]

I’m blogging lite, as you know, but must while in the U.S. of A. mention the decision of the California Supreme Court, which has ruled that gay people have a constitutional right to marry their same-sex partners, just as […]

I did say there might be some blawging lite from the US, where I’m currently staying with my cousin Cara in Las Vegas (that’s right!), so here is an all-American caffeine-and sugar-free post, with the judgment (given a few weeks […]

I’ve had a very, very nice blawg break, cycling among the mountains of Austria, swimming, doing the tango, drinking Weißbier and playing German word games, among other things. Not really thinking about law, and not blogging.

PJH law have spotted an interesting employment appeal case in which an employer has essentially succeeded in having a claim struck out on human rights grounds: to continue would breach its right to a fair hearing under the article […]

I can now link to Collins J’s judgment in the case that received lots of media coverage the other day, on the right to life and troops in Iraq – although it looks as though some further observations from […]