24th April 2024 I am not an American lawyer, but here are some thoughts from an English litigation perspective. Trump is adept at what he calls (or his ghost writer …

Law and lore, and state failure – the quiet collapse of the county court system in England and Wales

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 April 2024 English

22nd April 2024 One theme of my blogging is the relationship between law and lore. By ‘law and lore’ I mean what people believe to be the law to be, …

“Computer says guilty” – an introduction to the evidential presumption that computers are operating correctly

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 September 2023 English

30th September 2023 This is first in a series of posts on the Post Office Horizon prosecutions scandal * The Post Office prosecutions scandal is the United Kingdom’s greatest mass …

A note of caution for those clapping and cheering at the latest indictment of Donald Trump

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 August 2023 English

8th August 2023 (Picture credit.) * The former president of the United States is facing serious legal trouble, with a serious criminal indictment which takes seriously his role in the …

Sir Keir Starmer and the Litigation Turn of Mind

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 July 2023 English

31st July 2023 The leader of the opposition is a former litigator, and many litigators have a certain strategy – or at least a set of tactics: a certain cautious …

A close reading of Twitter’s legal letter to Meta: a guided tour of a weak litigation letter

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 7 July 2023 English

7th July 2023 This is a close reading and exposition of the letter sent on behalf of Twitter to Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and chief executive officer of Meta. The …

Understanding the government’s judicial review of the Covid Inquiry

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 June 2023 English

2nd June 2023 The government of the United Kingdom has commenced a legal challenge to the recently established Covid Inquiry – an inquiry that this government had itself established. In …

Tick tock, tick tock Cabinet Office – the Covid Inquiry stand-off this weekend

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 26 May 2023 English

26th May 2023 My post on former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Cabinet Office lawyers should be ready to be posted on Monday, so in the meantime this post …

Somebody should copyright “flawed music copyright cases” so as to avoid future abuses

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 May 2023 English

4th May 2023 Another flawed musical copyright case. The news from the Manhattan court is that Ed Sheeran has won the latest case. These cases are not about piracy and …

“Frankenchickens” and the law

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 3 May 2023 English

3rd May 2023 Scrolling though Instagram while trying to think of a legal angle on the coronation worth writing about I came across this: As it happens I have a …