I must confess that I had never heard of Ine, King of Wessex, until my attention was drawn to him by an anonymous historian of the Treasury Solicitor’s Office (“the anonymous historian”), whose monograph “Our History” starts: Continue reading “The Treasury Solicitor”
Month: October 2016
Justice for the Birmingham 21
What were you doing in November 1974? The Prime Minister had just come of age at 18. The Home Secretary was 11 years old. The Lord Chancellor had not yet been born. And the lives of 21 people came to an end in the Birmingham pub bombings. Continue reading “Justice for the Birmingham 21”
The Treasury Devil
In a recent blog I described Lord Woolf as a former Treasury Devil, only to receive the question:
“What is a Treasury Devil? Sounds wonderful. Is that an official title?”
The office of the Attorney-General: Then and Now
A discussion in the Twittersphere about aspects of Mr Jeremy Wright’s recent appearance in the Brexit litigation as leading counsel for the Crown led to a request that I should post a piece about the office of Attorney General. Continue reading “The office of the Attorney-General: Then and Now”
My Great Aunt Honor Brooke
When I celebrated yesterday the end of my first year in the blogosphere, a member of my family reminded me that I had said at the outset that I might talk a bit about my early years and other matters relating to my family from time to time. Continue reading “My Great Aunt Honor Brooke”
PIPs and ESAs: Another Disgraceful Story
Readers of these blogs will know I have been telling stories of the injustices caused to severely disabled people by the incompetence, delay and wholly avoidable mistakes they have been encountering in their struggles with the new assessment arrangements. Continue reading “PIPs and ESAs: Another Disgraceful Story”
Henry Brooke 