Geoff Pearson
@profgeoffpearson.bsky.social
Prof of Law at Manchester University. Socio-legal research interests in human rights, policing, public order, crowd management, football "hooliganism", Ethnography, and sports law. Currently on research leave.
The penny still hasn't dropped that no matter how right-wing your policies are, you will never go far enough to satisfy racists.
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The penny still hasn't dropped that no matter how right-wing your policies are, you will never go far enough to satisfy racists.
The test for what is damage under the CDA is a really low bar, albeit subject to the AG Ref qualification. I'd be amazed if they wouldn't have been convicted of that.
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The test for what is damage under the CDA is a really low bar, albeit subject to the AG Ref qualification. I'd be amazed if they wouldn't have been convicted of that.
That's made my day.
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
That's made my day.
Reposted by Geoff Pearson
I elaborate on allegation-picking here. It has the potential to act (in certain circumstances) as a vehicle for judicial avoidance but one that has avoided the same kind of scruinty as doctrines such as the margin of appreciation have been subjected to: strasbourgobservers.com/2025/02/25/a...
Allegation-Picking and the European Court of Human Rights: A Pervasive Court Practice Hiding in Plain Sight? - Strasbourg Observers
By Alan Greene It is now almost cliché to suggest that the European Court of Human Rights ‘missed an opportunity’ when handing down a judgment. Often, these laments highlight that the Court decided th...
strasbourgobservers.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I elaborate on allegation-picking here. It has the potential to act (in certain circumstances) as a vehicle for judicial avoidance but one that has avoided the same kind of scruinty as doctrines such as the margin of appreciation have been subjected to: strasbourgobservers.com/2025/02/25/a...
New flagship policy of One Out, One In?
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New flagship policy of One Out, One In?
If that is even a half accurate account of the intelligence received by the SAG, it's pretty embarrassing* for the senior politicians from all sides who spoke out about it.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If that is even a half accurate account of the intelligence received by the SAG, it's pretty embarrassing* for the senior politicians from all sides who spoke out about it.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.