Geoff Hoon ‘told to burn memo that said Iraq invasion could be illegal’
Defence secretary under Tony Blair claims he was told to burn legal advice written by attorney general
November 2017
No British judge on world court for first time in its 71-year history
Indian candidate fills 15th and final place on bench of international court of justice after UK withdraws its pick for post
April 2017
UK attorney general in bid to block case against Tony Blair over Iraq war
Jeremy Wright QC argues crime of aggression does not exist in English law, even though his predecessor reportedly claimed otherwise
July 2016
John Prescott: UK broke international law by invading Iraq in 2003
Chilcot report's key players and how their reputations have fared
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Chilcot report: Bush says 'world is better off' without Saddam as Blair mounts Iraq war defence – as it happened
Key figures scrutinised in the Chilcot report
Circumstances of decision to invade Iraq were 'far from satisfactory'
Case against Tony Blair over Iraq war a legal impossibility, says QC
June 2016
Chilcot review – devastating account of Blair cabinet's Iraq war delusions
How the Labour government drove itself to invade Iraq in 2003 is laid bare in this sharp distillation of Chilcot inquiry evidence – given added fire by damning testimony from veterans and bereaved parents
February 2015
UK privy council overturns St Kitts and Nevis boundary changes ahead of polls
Caribbean state’s opposition wins case for existing electoral boundaries as government’s controversial effort to alter constituencies is overruled
December 2014
Greenslade
Why is News UK still employing Mazher Mahmood?
Roy Greenslade
Internal inquiry into Sun on Sunday’s disgraced reporter still going on after six months
November 2014
Greenslade
Time for an investigation into the fake sheikh after Panorama revelations
Roy Greenslade
Panorama alleges that ‘fake sheikh’ tricked people into criminal acts
February 2012
Lords reform: Nick Clegg likens UK system to Belize and Burkina Faso
Deputy PM defends plans before joint committee as draft bill proposes 300 members on 15-year terms
December 2011
Law: the expert view
Existential conflict over the legal aid system is in the coalition's head
Jon Robins
Lord Goldsmith appointed to Fifa's Independent Governance Committee
November 2011
Global campaign to decriminalise homosexuality to kick off in Belize court
Lord Goldsmith involved in attempt to overturn law in country which is first of 80-plus targeted by new rights group Human Dignity Trust
October 2011
Iraq war inquiry report faces long delay as doubts on evidence persist
Did an evening at the theatre prompt Sir John Chilcot to reconsider findings of his inquiry into the run-up to war?
May 2011
Butterworth and Bowcott on law
The ingenious scheme to make pro-bono work pay
Owen Bowcott: The former attorney general Lord Goldsmith advocates that, after cuts to legal aid, lawyers seek cost orders for pro-bono work to provide legal help for those in need
