MPs in the Commons will today debate the motion put down by David Davis, Jack Straw and others (main business, over half way down the order paper), which is in these terms:

That this House notes the ruling of the […]

Earlier I showed you the draft skeleton argument the defence had prepared in January in advance of the extradition hearing today. Now the defence has made available its final skeleton argument (thanks, BBC). Here it is:

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled today that an Italian prisoner’s rights were breached where he was sentenced to prison for life, and as a result lost the right to vote indefinitely. The ECtHR’s ruling in Scoppola […]

So Mark Stephens has told me in a tweet within the last half hour. Here’s his response

yes. They had a long discussion about it.

to my follow-up inquiry

One more point, Mark: did JA object to the governor’s segregation decision?

Earlier […]

Sunny Hundal has published an important piece at Liberal Conspiracy today – one that Benjamin Gray has contributed to, as have I, a bit – arising from Ben Goldacre’s frustration that the mainstream media didn’t seem to […]

Julian Assange’s lawyer Mark Stephens made the denial in a tweet to me this morning:

he didn’t Carl. Have confirmed to anyone who asked. It was the Governors decision, sd to be for safety.

For a few days now I’ve been […]

Today has seen the failure in the Court of Appeal of the judicial review in Chester v Justice Secretary, a case that always was hopeless.

More importantly, the government intends to give the vote to all prisoners serving less […]

As I write, Julian Assange may still be in custody, while the necessary processing work is done by the people who’ve stood surety for him, according to media reports. You’ll see that under section 8(4) and (5) […]

One of the bail conditions Julian Assange will be subject to it electronic monitoring – to make sure he’s actually at the Suffolk premises he’s supposed to be at during the periods of his curfew. If you want to know […]

The CPS has phoned me to confirm it took the decision to appeal bail yesterday in Julian Assange’s case – without consulting the Swedish prosecutor. The CPS spokesman stressed to me that this is usual practice in extradition cases. The […]