Patrick Lawrence
Patrick Lawrence QC practices commercial and public law
Error of judgement
How the Supreme Court got an issue of great constitutional importance so wrong
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird