What’s wrong with Lord Goldsmith? He’s been insisting today that Andrei Lugovoi must be extradited to the UK, even though it’s perfectly clear Russia cannot lawfully extradite him, and that the 1957 Convention does not oblige them to. So […]

I’m glad the DPP has recommended that Lugovoi be charged with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. I’ve no idea whether he’s guilty or innocent, of course. But the CPS obviously thinks there’s enough evidence to prosecute, and it’s good […]

I’m looking forward to the Campaign Against the Arms Trade’s judicial review of the decision of Attorney General, the SFO and the Prime Minister to discontinue the investigation into bribery in BAe’s Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. I […]

Richard Norton-Taylor reports in the Guardian today that, according to documents made public by the National Archive today, the Law Officers were not consulted in advance of military action over Suez in 1956. And after the http://www.raybani.com/ […]

Richard Norton-Taylor reports in the Guardian today that, according to documents made public by the National Archive today, the Law Officers were not consulted in advance of military action over Suez in 1956. And after the http://www.raybani.com/ […]

Kate Hudson, the chair of CND, wrote in the Guardian today arguing that a decision by the British government to renew or replace Trident would be in breach of the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Apparently Rabinder Singh QC and Prof. […]