Carl Gardner
April 23, 2023
Adam Wagner has written a very interesting, highly readable and thought-provoking book about law and the pandemic, based on his professional experience in a number of important […]
Carl Gardner
June 27, 2016
If you’ve been following closely news about Britain’s EU referendum and its aftermath, you’ll probably have heard of article 50 of the Treaty on European Union which makes provision for a member state to leave the EU and lays […]
Carl Gardner
June 9, 2016
Here are the draft regulations that will […]
Carl Gardner
June 8, 2016
In response to the overloading of the website where people could register to vote in the coming EU referendum, government is apparently considering how it can extend the deadline (which expired at midnight) by a day:
Mr Cameron said […]
Carl Gardner
March 11, 2016
MPs are due today to debate the principle of Richard Bacon MP’s No-fault Divorce Bill.
What’s interesting about this bill is how very unradical it is. When we talk about “no fault divorce” most of us mean taking […]
Carl Gardner
December 7, 2015
The criminal courts charge is, or was, one of the less well thought-through criminal justice reforms of recent years. Since April this year, courts have had a duty under section 21A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 […]
Carl Gardner
September 10, 2015
A row has broken out since the publication of the letter from the UK to the UN, in which the British permanent representative reports the drone strike that killed Reyaad Khan to the UN Security Council as required […]
Carl Gardner
September 7, 2015
This afternoon in the House of Commons the Prime Minister told MPs that Reyaad Khan, the “Islamic State” fighter from Cardiff, was killed in Syria in a targeted RAF drone strike. His death was reported some days ago […]
Carl Gardner
June 8, 2015
Anyone following the progress of the Psychoactive Substances Bill (the general principle of which which be debated on Second Reading in the House of Lords tomorrow) may be interested in this amendment tabled by Labour’s Home Affairs team (as “NC21”) […]
Carl Gardner
June 3, 2015
One of the things some people claim shows the bill is “badly drafted” is the way exemptions are written for caffeine and alcohol.
Our newly-elected government aren’t the brightest bunch. Psychoactive Substances Bill “exemption” for caffeine: […]