Also, one key fact which isn't being well reported is that the injunction was the MOD's idea, the SUPER injunction (prohibiting the fact there was an injunction being reported) was apparently the Court's idea at a hearing on 1.9.23.

I don't know what I think about the overall story yet - I haven't read the judgments in full. I can see it was incredibly difficult for our institutions to deal with, and was basically the MOD's fault that this data was breached and it was trying to repair that. I am pretty.

I entirely understand why the previous government wanted to keep its data leak as private as possible, if it was of the view that to reveal it was to put people who had assisted the UK Armed Forces at risk of death/torture. But the risks of a super injunction to democratic.

Was it not possible, if the government wanted to keep it secret to protect the lives of those affected, for the Intelligence and Security Committee to scrutinise the Afghan relocation scheme in private? Or for some other body to be set up?.

What an extraordinary legal and human story .

My client, Ian McGrail, the former Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police, has asked the police to investigate an alleged secret government scheme which appears to have paid out over £1m to police officers in "golden handshakes" many of whom later went on to give critical.

Rightly so. Aggressive and in my view threatening.

It is unfortunate that more priority is not being placed on this: "hopes to appoint. by the end of the year" sounds like it could be quite a while. Sharone Lifschitz, Stephen Brisley, Adam Rose and I gave evidence on this to @HostageAPPG a week ago:.

This morning, I gave evidence to the All Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs (@HostageAPPG), alongside Steve Brisley, Sharone Lifschitz and Adam Rose. We focused on:. 1. The lack of an immediate process in place to provide support for British families

Tomorrow, Sharone Lifschitz, Stephen Brisley, Adam Rose and I will be giving evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Taking. The hearing will not be broadcast but it is possible to attend in person, details below:. The All Party.

The crux of the judgment is this line, about the "high hurdle" of challenging a national security assessment which is, the court ruled, constitutionally a matter for the executive

A few other parts of the (very interesting) judgment which sounded important as I skim read it

A challenge to the UK's decision to suspend certain arms exports to Israel but create an exception for some licences for the export of components for F-35 combat aircraft has been rejected by the High Court.

Recording here:

I spoke to @alexisconran on @TimesRadio earlier about the "death to the IDF" Glastonbury chant - from 54 minutes

More importantly, the Shadow Attorney General.

"It is apparent that from the evidence reported to me that Jewish students have likely been subjected to antisemitism. This is plainly not unique to Goldsmiths, but this Inquiry relates to Goldsmiths and I consider that it has not done enough as an institution to ensure its.

RT @Lifschitz_sha: 1/2 I thank the Foreign Secretary for meeting me & my mother @Yocheved_Lifshi, for listening to her story & that of our….