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19 Aug 2006, 10:29 pm
As reported by the New York Times one of the three agencies retained to collect taxes is the law firm of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, which apparantly has a notorious background. [read post]
9 Aug 2006, 8:12 am
[JURIST] UK Labour Party MP Jim Sheridan [official website] resigned Wednesday from his government position as Parliamentary Private Secretary of the Defense Team, citing the Blair administration's reluctance to demand an immediate end to the ongoing Middle East conflict [JURIST news archive] and suggesting that the government's decision to allow US military flights transporting weapons to Israel [read post]
31 Jul 2006, 6:29 pm
Prime Minister Tony Blair signed a carbon-trading letter of intent with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. [read post]
29 Jul 2006, 10:18 am
[JURIST] A spokesman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that US President George W. [read post]
20 Jul 2006, 7:01 am
[JURIST] Responding to recent controversy over UK sentencing guidelines [JURIST report] and following up on a major June policy address [JURIST report] by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Home Secretary John Reid [official profile] on Thursday released a criminal justice system review [PDF text; summary] making several recommendations aimed at putting the rights of victims before the rights of [read post]
19 Jul 2006, 4:20 am
[JURIST] A British judge has ruled that the parts of the upcoming UK state secrets trial relating to an alleged memo detailing a conversation between US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair [official profile] describing plans to bomb satellite news channel Aljazeera [media website] cannot be disclosed to the public. [read post]
13 Jul 2006, 2:36 am
[JURIST] Lord Michael Levy [BBC profile; Wikipedia profile], chief fundraiser for British Prime Minister Tony Blair [official website], returned to a police station for questioning Thursday after he was arrested by Scotland Yard [Times report] Wednesday in connection with a growing "cash for honors" scandal [BBC Q&A]. [read post]
1 Jul 2006, 6:32 am
" This is also reminiscent of the Uruguay Round, and the scuttled Blair House deal, where the French asserted the Luxembourg Compromise/Ioannina compromise--to the effect that for really important issues, majority voting won't apply. [read post]
23 Jun 2006, 1:21 pm
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Tony Blair [official website] on Friday called for new laws to narrow the gap between the public's desire for justice and outcomes that are perceived to unfairly favor defendants, in a a major criminal justice policy speech [transcript] delivered in Bristol. [read post]
23 Jun 2006, 7:09 am
The Guardian's website has the full-text of a speech delivered today by the PM, Tony Blair, on reform of the UK's criminal justice system. [read post]
19 Jun 2006, 8:42 am
Speaking on the customary condition of anonymity, Blair's official spokesman said there is "genuine concern [read post]
16 Jun 2006, 9:31 am
EchoStar case with the experts - Attorney Blair Jacobs, partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Attorney Christine Byrd, a litigation partner with Irell & Manella LLP and a member of the legal team for TiVo at trial. [read post]
16 Jun 2006, 9:31 am
EchoStar case with the experts - Attorney Blair Jacobs, partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Attorney Christine Byrd, a litigation partner with Irell & Manella LLP and a member of the legal team for TiVo at trial. [read post]
26 May 2006, 10:16 am
[JURIST] The UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights [official website] took the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair to task Friday for urging [JURIST report] the European Court of Human Rights [official website] to revisit its absolute prohibition against deporting people to states where they may be tortured and for entering into diplomatic agreements with those states purporting to [read post]
26 May 2006, 8:01 am
[JURIST] In the wake of Thursday's release [JURIST report] by UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith [official profile] of a disclosure statement [text] outlining his actions in rendering advice on the legality of the Iraq war to the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair in the days before invasion, government critics and media have called for further action, describing the statement as inadequate [read post]
15 May 2006, 8:06 am
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Tony Blair [official profile] on Monday called for a "profound re-balancing of the civil liberties debate" in the United Kingdom as he announced a series of policy consultations over the next several months to discuss public service reform, including the criminal justice system, designed to help formulate the manifesto for the governing Labour Party [party website] in [read post]
14 May 2006, 10:16 pm
[JURIST Europe] Leading UK human rights lawyers and activists are protesting the Blair government's readiness to limit the application of the Human Rights Act [JURIST report] in the wake of a High Court decision [JURIST report] last week that permitted nine Afghan hijackers to remain in the UK. [read post]
14 May 2006, 5:05 am
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Tony Blair [official profile] has sent a letter [PDF] to new Home Secretary John Reid [official profile] suggesting that "we...need to look again at whether primary legislation is needed to address the issue of Court rulings which over-rule the Government in a way that is inconsistent with other EU countries interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. [read post]
5 May 2006, 7:57 am
[JURIST] UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke [BBC profile] was dropped from Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet in a major cabinet shuffle [PM materials; BBC backgrounder] Friday and was replaced [press release] by John Reid [official profile], who formerly served as Defence Secretary. [read post]
9 Apr 2006, 5:42 am
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal envoy on human rights has told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Sunday that some Iraqis who have been detained by Coalition forces since the start of the war in Iraq have disappeared into what she described as a "black hole" and that there is no record of where they are being held. [read post]
