It’s a decision they will probably regret but after the publication of the consultation document Transforming legal aid, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) apparently thought it would be a good more...

There is something deeply suspicious going on. I was struck the other day how the Ministry of ‘Justice’ no longer seems to carry the strapline of its predecessor, the Department more...

Do you – and your partner, if you have one – have total savings of more than £3,000? Something to supplement your (reduced value) pension during your imminent retirement, perhaps, more...

In saying ‘no’ to regulating will writing, it would appear that the Justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has something of a death wish. At the very least he is making it more...

Chris Grayling’s probation reforms have achieved their primary objective: namely, to make Mr Grayling a member of the Government people have heard of. He has achieved headlines that Malcolm Tucker, more...

It’s probably fair to say I am not a fan of this government, but that doesn’t mean to say I disagree with everything it’s doing, only about 99.9% of it. more...

Last month on this blog, I set out my utterly brilliant six-point plan for the next Labour government to ‘protect vulnerable workers’, and promised I would be expanding on each more...

Pick a number. 7. No, not seven days in the week. Seven times in a day. Seven times a policeman has stopped you in a 24 hour period. Ask Andre more...

The state has a responsibility to enshrine the principles of justice in legislation as well as establishing and maintaining the means of its implementation. This government and its predecessors have more...

Last month there were two important and successful judicial review challenges to the systems used by police authorities to disclose and retain personal data and information. In response to the more...