Sir Philip Green loses human rights claim

New sentencing bill published. This is how it will work.

Sentencing Council suspends guideline

You heard it first department: The Times today: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

My Substack blog last week: rozenberg.substack.com/p/crime-and-...

Nominative determinism from today's Times:

All disciplinary charges against Dr Charlotte Proudman have been struck out by the barristers' tribunal. See update to this earlier piece: rozenberg.substack.com/p/proudman-f...

Sir Brian Leveson to review jury trials: this morning's report now fully updated: rozenberg.substack.com/p/judge-to-r...

As the International Criminal Court's assembly of states parties holds its annual meeting in The Hague, journalists covering the court — of whom I am one — complain that the prosecutor Karim Khan KC has obstructed the freedom of the press by excluding reporters from key events:

This was Heidi Alexander MP at 10.30 telling the Civil Justice Council of her ambitions during her time as minister of state for courts and legal services. Minutes later — and immensely frustratingly to those she had worked with in legal circles — that time came to an end as she joined the cabinet.

International Criminal Court has rejected Israel’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to article 19(2) of the
Statute as premature.