Blog Articles
Article 50 Extension and the European Elections
The Prime Minister reported to the House of Commons last week that any further extension of the Article 50 notification period “would certainly mean participation in the European parliamentary elections”. I think she is wrong [...]
Extremism and the Law
Extremism and the Law was the subject of my Middle Temple Treasurer's Lecture on Monday evening. It was attended by a wonderfully diverse crowd, ranging from Supreme Court Justices to East London sixth-formers who had [...]
Can the Backstop be Beaten? (Part 2)
Here is a further Opinion on the legal effects of the Prime Minister's Brexit deal. A sequel to the one published on Tuesday, it addresses the novel suggestion - attributed this week to the Attorney General [...]
Can the Backstop be Beaten? (Part 1)
I was asked to advise the People's Vote Campaign, with Jason Coppel QC and Sean Aughey of 11 King's Bench Walk, on the legal effect of the package of measures announced by the Government and [...]
Reporting Terrorism
This is the text of a lecture I delivered to journalism students and others at the University of Essex on 11 February 2019. Among the issues covered are the appearance vs the reality of terrorism in the West, [...]
The Fly in the China Shop
I was invited to The Hague last month to deliver the Hague Lecture on International Law, to an invited audience of diplomats, international judges and others at the British Embassy. No expert on public international law, I [...]