On Law
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Welcome to cut-price justice
David Lammy’s claim that his quest to abolish jury trial is driven by faith is grotesque. The real reason is to save money.n
Should we blow up drug boats?
The US government has killed almost 100 people in its attacks on small vessels
No-crime hate
Investigation of so-called “hate incidents” has been revealed as a colossal waste of police time
Rough justice in the criminal appeals system
Mooted reforms would lead to more appeals — and cost more money
Cloak of invisibility
The puzzling case of the Afghan fighters and the Government’s secret super-injunction
Hollow “decolonisation”
Chagossian exiles in Crawley are not cheering the annexation of their homeland by Mauritius
Labour and the ECHR
Labour’s affection for the European Convention on Human Rights is on the wane
Criticising judges
If a judge cannot tolerate public scrutiny, they have no business being a judge
The two-tier justice row
What did MPs think addressing racial disparities meant, if not introducing measures based on race?
