Law

The Mad Men theory of drunk decision-making

28 September 2024 9:00 am

In electing this government, we seem to have picked the worst of both worlds: higher taxation combined with austerity in…

Judgment call: the case for leaving the ECHR

30 September 2023 9:00 am

What’s to stop us leaving the ECHR?

In praise of the speeding crackdown

26 September 2022 6:05 pm

We all needed a laugh, what with the pound tanking and inflation running away, my old pal Kwasi delivering a…

The case for theft-tanks

6 August 2022 9:00 am

The Conservative party leadership contest is a milestone for diversity and inclusion. This time, we get to choose between someone…

The European court has seriously overstepped over Rwanda

16 June 2022 1:10 am

Last night’s abrupt order from the European Court of Human Rights to ground the first Rwanda deportation flight delighted progressives…

Progressives, don’t cheer Rwanda’s setbacks

15 June 2022 8:40 pm

The last-minute halting of the first flight to Rwanda is humiliating for Boris Johnson’s government. An urgent interim measure from…

Changing the Northern Ireland Protocol won't break the law

13 June 2022 11:15 pm

The UK is about to publish a bill that will override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol. We are doing…

My list of Britain’s national character flaws

14 May 2022 9:00 am

Before we start, let’s firmly establish my long-standing affection for the United Kingdom. Why, some of my best friends are…

Ed Sheeran is right about British courts

7 April 2022 9:20 pm

As they say in the music business, where there’s a hit, there’s a writ. It is something that no one…

Sex, trans rights and the Scottish census

22 January 2022 2:20 am

It takes some doing to make a census interesting. So congratulations to the National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS, which administers…

Have we reached peak human rights?

7 January 2022 2:30 am

After the Colston debacle, you might be forgiven for having missed the other legal story that broke this week. The…

The Colston verdict is the triumph of values, not law

6 January 2022 8:43 am

The verdict is in on the case of the Colston statue in Bristol. Not guilty. Every one of the accused…

Parliament, not judges, should decide our laws

8 December 2021 2:40 am

The British commentariat has not covered itself in glory in its reaction to Dominic Raab’s proposed reforms to judicial review.…

Insulate Britain are not martyrs

18 November 2021 9:28 am

Throughout the Insulate Britain protests there was a suspicion that the group was deliberately trying to get its members behind…

The Supreme Court’s shameful statement on Hong Kong

27 August 2021 6:07 pm

In a statement which will doubtless surprise the scores of lawyers, democratic politicians and human rights activists who are currently…

Does a man have a right to pay for sex?

1 August 2021 4:41 pm

A case heard in the Court of Appeal today will decide whether or not carers should be expected to indulge…

There was no Hillsborough ‘cover-up’

5 June 2021 9:00 am

There was no Hillsborough cover-up

Models of obedience: how to make people obey the law

10 April 2021 9:00 am

Protests are being staged against the proposed bill to change the laws on protest. But there is a bigger issue…

The ancient Greek approach to mediation

3 April 2021 9:00 am

Divorcing couples are being given vouchers worth £500 to settle their problems by mediation rather than going to court. It…

The truth about statues and the law

23 March 2021 2:33 am

There is a proposal to change how we criminalise people who damage statues. This proposed change is set out in…

Denmark is creating a roadmap for mandatory vaccination

18 November 2020 4:43 am

Could British residents be forced to have a Covid-19 vaccine? Yesterday Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to rule out mandatory…

Could possession of the Bible become an offence in Scotland?

8 August 2020 9:00 am

Scotland’s new Hate Crime Bill will make criminals of comedians

The Begum Appeal is a fundamental error of logic

19 July 2020 9:08 pm

There has been an emotional response to the case of Shamima Begum, quite rightly. It is not clear to me…

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The rule of law is collapsing

24 June 2020 11:12 pm

It is the law that makes us ‘the best of animals.’ So saying, Aristotle had a very specific conception of…

Hate legislation is blasphemy law by another name

2 May 2020 9:00 am

Hate legislation is blasphemy law by another name