International Law

Tory MP is 'first to call' for Speaker to resign

Posted on April 14, 2008
Tory MP is 'first to call' for Speaker to resignA backbench Tory MP, Douglas Carswell, trying to make a name for himself has gone on record calling for the expenses fiddling Speaker, Michael Martin, to resign.

Viscount Linley will not appear in court in Royal blackmail scandal

Posted on April 14, 2008
Viscount Linley will not appear in court in Royal blackmail scandal"The Daily Telegraph has learnt that the Crown Prosecution Service has blocked moves to require him to give evidence in the case, which opens at the Old Bailey on Monday".The British media are prevented from naming Viscount Linley as the blackmail victim by an order of the court...

Madeleine 'suspect' in massive libel claim

Posted on April 13, 2008
Madeleine 'suspect' in massive libel claimBritish media face record payout as family of Robert Murat demand apology and damages"A British expatriate who was named as a formal suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is launching one of the largest libel claims in the history of the British media...

Old Robert Mugabe had a farm eieio

Posted on April 13, 2008
Old Robert Mugabe had a farm eieioHat-Tip to Norfolk Blogger.

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Gordon Brown plays with fire...

Posted on April 13, 2008
Gordon Brown plays with fire...BeforeAfter

Jail gets more space in new block

Posted on April 13, 2008
Jail gets more space in new block"A new accommodation block is being opened at a prison in East Sussex where cells were criticised earlier this year as "barely fit for habitation".The modern block at Lewes Prison adds 174 places to the prison's capacity and will enable prisoners from Sussex to remain in the county"...

Terror threat to UK 'is growing'

Posted on April 13, 2008
Terror threat to UK 'is growing'"The home secretary has described the terrorism threat facing the UK as "severe" and "growing".In an interview for the News of the World, Jacqui Smith said it was imperative for the police to be able to detain suspects for longer...

Refugees fight forced return to Iraq war zones

Posted on April 13, 2008
Refugees fight forced return to Iraq war zonesUN dismay as tribunal allows British expulsions"The United Nations last night accused the government of holding a 'sword of Damocles' over the heads of Iraqi refugees in Britain after it emerged that the Home Office had won a landmark test case giving it the power to return refugees to war-torn parts of their home country, including Basra and Baghdad...

Reforming the radicals

Posted on April 13, 2008
Reforming the radicalsThe 7/7 survivor Rachel North talks to two brothers held in Belmarsh for terrorism about how to change the minds of Islamist fanatics"Ever since I was caught up in the London bombings of July 7, 2005, I have tried to learn more about terrorism...

I would like to thank...

Posted on April 12, 2008
I would like to thank...Friday, April 11, 2008prisonlawinsideoutBlog of the Day Awards for Friday, April 11, 2008A Blog of the Day Award goes to prisonlawinsideout

Transsexual takes life in prison

Posted on April 12, 2008
Transsexual takes life in prison"An inquest jury has returned a verdict of suicide after a bullied transsexual prisoner hanged herself.Lisa Woodhall, 28, was discovered at Eastwood Park women's prison, South Gloucestershire, having told a friend of her torment by other inmates...

Tory MP funds his love life at taxpayers expense

Posted on April 12, 2008
Tory MP funds his love life at taxpayers expense"James Gray, the Conservative MP who cheated on his wife while she was fighting cancer, has put his former mistress on the public payroll by employing her as his diary secretary".I find it annoying when I read reports such as this which claim that this cad has not broken any rules...

The McCanns should stop running long enough to answer police questions

Posted on April 11, 2008
The McCanns should stop running long enough to answer police questionsIt is understandable that Gerry and Kate McCann are upset about the revelation that "Madeleine McCann complained to her mother after she was left crying and alone on the night before she disappeared"...

Blow for MoD as judge rules soldiers have battlefield rights

Posted on April 11, 2008
Blow for MoD as judge rules soldiers have battlefield rights"The Ministry of Defence has been dealt a groundbreaking legal defeat by a High Court judge who ruled soldiers' human rights must be protected on the battlefield.The decision potentially has important implications for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and may mean the MoD has a legal obligation to ensure troops have access to correct equipment at all times".

The Friday Quiz

Posted on April 11, 2008
The Friday Quiz.Play Here.Hat-Tip Rachel North London.

Life-like statue of Charles Kennedy unveiled in the grounds of Glasgow University

Posted on April 11, 2008
Life-like statue of Charles Kennedy unveiled in the grounds of Glasgow University

Garry Newlove's head now being used as a political football

Posted on April 10, 2008
Garry Newlove's head now being used as a political footballThere is a question which has been nagging me ever since I read about Garry Newlove being kicked to death following his confronting a gang of youths who had kicked the door of his wife's car. And that is, given all the equality for women and all that, why didn't Helen Newlove go out and confront the youths after all it was her car? It could be that the youths would have felt less threatened by a woman's touch and melted away...

Gentle v The Prime Minister

Posted on April 10, 2008
Gentle v The Prime MinisterFollowing on from this post in which the House of Lords rejected a public inquiry into the Iraq war, the HofL judgment in pdf here.

SFO unlawful in ending BAE probe

Posted on April 10, 2008
SFO unlawful in ending BAE probeThe High Court has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully by dropping a corruption probe into a £43bn Saudi arms deal.Defence firm BAE was accused of making illegal payments to Saudi officials to secure contracts but the firm maintains that it acted lawfully...

Prisons drug trade 'worth £100m'

Posted on April 10, 2008
Prisons drug trade 'worth £100m'"An estimated £100m worth of drugs are being traded in prisons each year, an ex-prison service worker has said".

Can we let terrorists go free?

Posted on April 10, 2008
Can we let terrorists go free?As we get tangled up in human rights law, Abu Qatada and others escape deportationCamilla CavendishAt the last roll of the dice, sanity has lost out to legal dogma. The Government's long-drawn-out battle to deport suspected foreign terrorists is effectively over...

Mother charged in Shannon Matthews case

Posted on April 09, 2008
Mother charged in Shannon Matthews case"The mother of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews will appear in court today charged in connection with her daughter's alleged kidnap.Karen Matthews, 32, was charged last night with perverting the course of justice and child neglect"...

Boris set to lose being Mayor of London

Posted on April 09, 2008
Boris set to lose being Mayor of LondonIf the Newsnight debate for London Mayor is anything to go by, Boris will lose. It was rather like being at the circus and being disappointed that the clown was not funny. Twice Boris Johnson failed to give answers to questions raised by Jeremy Paxman...

Village idiots

Posted on April 09, 2008
Village idiotsResidents living in a graffiti-plagued village in Merseyside are being asked to consider changing its name to tackle vandals who alter signs in the village.Lunt, which dates back to Medieval times, has been repeatedly targeted by vandals who change the "L" to a "C"...

Lords reject Iraq inquiry appeal

Posted on April 09, 2008
Lords reject Iraq inquiry appeal"Nine Law Lords have rejected an attempt to force an inquiry into the Iraq war".

Prison system 'failing' Scotland

Posted on April 09, 2008
Prison system 'failing' Scotland"Scotland's prison system is failing the public, prisoners and staff, according to the chief inspector of prisons.Dr Andrew McLellan told BBC Scotland that overcrowding, with inmates at an all-time high, was making Scotland a more dangerous place...

Suspected child killers allowed to address European Parliament

Posted on April 09, 2008
Suspected child killers allowed to address European Parliament"Kate and Gerry McCann will address MEPs in Brussels tomorrow to call for a European-wide missing child alert system as the friends on holiday with them in Portugal when Madeleine disappeared continue to be questioned by police"...

Terror suspect Abu Qatada will not be deported

Posted on April 09, 2008
Terror suspect Abu Qatada will not be deportedOnce more the government's attempt to deport a terrorist suspect to face torture and/or an unfair trial in a foreign country has failed in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).

Inmates say drugs 'easy to get'

Posted on April 08, 2008
Inmates say drugs 'easy to get'"A Warwickshire jail has a "significant drugs problem" with half the inmates claiming it is easy to get hold of them, a prisons watchdog has found".

Mohamed Al-Fayed unlawfully killed Diana and Dodi

Posted on April 08, 2008
Mohamed Al-Fayed unlawfully killed Diana and DodiIt would seem to me that Mohamed Al-Fayed embarked on his crusade to lay the blame for the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed at the door of everyone else, rather than take responsibility himself...

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