All articles by Joshua Rozenberg – Page 7
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OpinionA bulwark against the secret state
Investigatory Powers Tribunal is a force to be reckoned with.
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OpinionPinochet’s ghost still haunts the law lords
Lord Hope’s diary offers a fascinating insight into the embarrassing fallout from former Chile dictator’s extradition appeal.
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OpinionAccess to justice without leaving home
If disputes can be resolved without parties leaving home, so much the better.
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OpinionPassing the buck on care cases
Social workers must do more to keep care cases out of court to ease the pressure on lawyers and judges.
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OpinionWhy Max Hill is going back to basics
The new director of public prosecutions wants to understand the challenges the CPS face, starting with a morning at the magistrates’ court.
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OpinionThe contempt of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon
Nobody seems to have come out very well from the Tommy Robinson case. What went wrong?
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OpinionThe right to a jury trial in Northern Ireland
Supreme Court to consider whether ex-soldier can be tried without a jury.
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OpinionVirtual necessities
The increasing use of video hearings raises questions ranging from court etiquette to open justice.
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OpinionWhy Emma Thompson was outside my front door in The Children Act
My part - or should I say apartment - in superb new film The Children Act.
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OpinionThirteen-year contempt battle will extend HRA
Until now, William Hammerton was best known to assiduous readers of the law reports as the disappointed litigant imprisoned 11 years ago for throwing eggs at a senior circuit judge.
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OpinionFilling the judicial void
The cost of doing nothing to resolve the judicial recruitment crisis is immeasurable. David Gauke must act
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OpinionPublic trust in the post-Snowden secret state
Whenever something goes terribly wrong, the first thing ministers do is to call in a judge.
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OpinionA direction from the Supreme Court
‘How unusual is it,’ I was asked on BBC Radio Ulster, ‘for the Supreme Court to say it has no jurisdiction to decide a case but then to say what it would have decided if it could?’
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OpinionSitting in judgement on flexible courts
Why the legislative drip-feed on the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill?
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OpinionCliff Richard and the right to report
In all the coverage of Sir Cliff Richard’s invasion-of-privacy claim there’s very little reporting of the BBC’s legal arguments.
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OpinionCourts on camera
Lord Burnett is emerging as a reforming chief justice, as plans to extend broadcasting demonstrate.
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OpinionDegraded in a decade
How can we restore the UK’s reputation as a world-leader in forensic science?
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