An appeals chamber at the International Criminal Court has just overturned the decision of the trial chamber to release Thomas Lubanga, the alleged Congolese warlord who was the first defendant to stand trial.

The judgment is available here.

The Crown Prosecution Service has denied accepting the conclusions of the Goldstone report on Operation Cast Lead, Israel's military action in Gaza nearly two years ago.

George Bathurst Norman, the part-time judge who expressed his personal view of Israel's actions in Gaza to a jury when summing up in a trial for criminal damage, has been reprimanded for this error by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, and the Lord Chancellor, Ken Clarke.

My piece in the print edition of Standpoint this month is a tribute to Lord Bingham. In today’s Law Society Gazette, I speculate on what may happen to the court he never joined.

The UK Supreme Court has become the victim of on-line fraudsters. Scammers have been sending out emails claiming to be from the court and requesting payments - a variant on the notorious Nigerian 419 scam.

I am pleased to report that Lord Goldsmith QC is a barrister again.