The Barrister Bard

I wrote some time ago [see my article Stand not on the order of your going] that the criminal law should not be involved in assisted suicide, and that the Suicide Act 1961 should be repealed. I am flattered to read that the aptly named Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice of […]

Here in Merry Olde England, the Hunting Act has now been in force for four years, and on any view, has been a complete waste of space.

You will recall that when New Labour swept to power in 1997, they did so on the back of a large contingent of New Labour urbanites, […]

The recent scandal involving peers of the realm allegedly with their snouts in the trough, nothing new there, raises yet again the debate about a second chamber and the pathetic efforts so far to reform it.

Time to grasp the nettle and think the unthinkable. For many years my wife harboured the […]

Like millions of others worldwide, I listen on a daily basis to various gurus, sages and doom and gloom merchants pontificating on the credit crunch, the global recession or depression and the financial banking crisis, and everybody has an opinion to offer.

The best one I’ve heard to date was the suggestion […]

The Supreme Court of England and Wales is soon to open its doors for business. It replaces the House of Lords sitting in its judicial capacity, and will translate a few hundred metres across Parliament Square to Middlesex Guildhall, one of the few remaining buildings close to the seat of […]