legal words and phrases

3 min read 2022-04-22 23:20:54

Why it will really matter when the Prime Minister realised he had misled the House of Commons – even if his four misleading statements were in good faith

22nd April 2022 As the cliché of American political reporting has it: what did the president know, and when did he know it? Applying this same sort

6 min read 2022-04-18 17:18:56

18th April 2022 The home secretary has issued ‘a ministerial direction’ for her proposal for a ‘migration and economic development

2 min read 2022-04-05 20:59:19

5th April 2022 It is nice to be cited and complimented in the Houses of Parliament. This is the Green party peer Baroness Jones mentioning one of my

2 min read 2022-03-25 20:42:14

25th March 2022 “How can you defend someone you know to be guilty?” is the one question almost all lawyers will be asked at one time. But it is

3 min read 2022-02-27 17:39:17

27th February 2022 Last night – at 6.45pm on Saturday – Chelsea Football Club unexpectedly published this statement: Statement from Club Owner

2 min read 2022-02-24 02:32:09

23rd February 2022 Another day, another phrase for us to examine. Today the phrase is ‘due diligence’ – a phrase that appears to be used in

7 min read 2021-12-06 20:52:46

6th December 2021 Today judgment was handed down in the case brought by the civil service union the FDA in respect of the Prime Minister’s

1 min read 2021-11-16 16:30:05

16th November 2021 Corruption is more a political than a legal term – at least in the law of the United Kingdom. For instance: there are no current

1 min read 2021-10-27 15:34:25

27 October 2021 At last the phrase ‘enshrined in law’ has met its perfect subject. Sewage. * This blog has previously averred that ‘enshrined

3 min read 2021-03-20 17:32:07

Spring Equinox, 2021 Some of those defending clause 59 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing, Courts and Anything Else the Government Can Get Away With

2 min read 2021-03-20 00:22:54

19th March 2021 * ‘Toulouse’s suggestion was not what Audrey wanted to hear.’ – Moulin Rouge * Sometimes – just sometimes – in the

8 min read 2021-03-16 17:22:34

16th March 2021 The European Commission announced yesterday that it had ‘launched legal proceedings’ against the United Kingdom. We have just

3 min read 2021-03-15 16:20:55

15th March 2021 There is currently a bill before parliament that will, among other things, create a new statutory offence of ‘public

8 min read 2021-03-02 22:42:33

not 2nd March 2021 * ‘…you’re a citizen of nowhere.’ Theresa May, then prime minister of the United Kingdom, Birmingham, 2016 * What is a

4 min read 2021-02-26 22:52:40

26th February 2021 This morning the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom handed down its decision in the appeal case of Shamima Begum. The judgment is