The reach of the state into your home is severely curtailed compared to its reach into public places: the notion that an “Englishman’s home is his castle” is actually very real, in the sense that you can require the police to desist from certain activities in your house where you would have no comparable right […]

If you want to prove a criminal offence, you have to prove two things: Mens rea – the guilty mind. Actus reus – the act done. I’ll get rid of the issue of the actus reus first because for our purposes here, it’s quite quick to do so: you’ve either got witnesses and CCTV that […]

At the Court of Appeal today, Joe PARASKEVA has successfully appealled his sentence following an act of arson in a psychiatric unit where he was detained under the Mental Health Act. The appeal comes after a hard-fought campaign by his mother, Linda MORGAN over a two year period and it is beyond doubt that today’s […]