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David Allen Green

Prisons and prisons-of-the-mind – how the biggest barrier to prisons reform is public opinion
A blow against the “alternative remedies” excuse: the UK Supreme Court makes it far harder for regulators to avoid performing their public law duties
What explains the timing and manner of the Chagos Islands sovereignty deal?
Happy birthday, Supreme Court: the fifteenth anniversary of the United Kingdom’s highest court
Words on the screen – the rise and (relative) fall of text-based social media: why journalists and lawyers on social media may not feel so special again
Political accountability vs policy accountability: how our system of politics and government is geared to avoid or evade accountability for policy
On writing – and not writing – about miscarriages of justice
Miscarriages of Justice: the Oliver Campbell case
How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris and Walz is a masterpiece of persuasive prose: a songwriter’s practical lesson in written advocacy
Supporting Donald Trump is too much for Richard Cheney
A miscarriage of justice is normally a systems failure, and not because of any conspiracy  – the cock-up theory usually explains when things go wrong
Update – what is coming up.
Shamima Begum – and ‘de jure’ vs ‘de facto’ statelessness
Lucy Letby and miscarriages of justice: some words of caution on why we should always be alert to the possibilities of miscarriages of justice
This week’s skirmish between the European Commission and X
What Elon Musk perhaps gets wrong about civil wars being ‘inevitable’ – It is in the nature of civil wars that they are not often predictable
How the criminal justice system deals with a riot
The Lucy Letby case: some thoughts and observations:  what should happen when a defence does not put in their own expert evidence (for good reason or bad)?
How the Met police may be erring in its political insider betting investigation – and why we should be wary of extending “misconduct of public office” to parliamentary matters, even in nod-along cases
What you need to know about commercial regulation, in the sports sector and elsewhere –  for there is compliance and there is “compliance”