Tag: Law Lords
The Politics of the Judiciary
An article I’ve written for the Progress website today, prompted by a recent House of Lords decision on anonymous witnesses- and also in part by a recent post on Labourhome…
Anonymous witnesses and the Common Law
Jack Straw announced this morning on Radio 4 that emergency legislation would be introduced to permit anonymous witnesses in criminal trials, following the Law Lords' sending back of a case to the Appeal Court in which anonymous witnesses were used.


