Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog, barrister, former government lawyer and commentator on Human Rights Law, about the case of Hirst v United Kingdom No (2) heard at the ECHR in 2005.
Yesterday, I did a podcast with John Hirst, author of the Jailhouse Lawyer blog about his experience of prison life and during that conversation we talked about John’s case against the British government about the right of prisoners to vote – which he won.
Carl Gardner analyses the Hirst case and we talk about the practical implications of the judgment. We also talk about Lord Phillip’s attitude to Sharia Law and his support for Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Listen to Podcast 65: The right of prisoners to vote with Carl Gardner
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John Hirst has posted on his Jailhouse Lawyer’s blog: “The Government’s proposed options for changing the law in relation to prisoner voting rights”.
Amusing to hear vigorous disagreement – entertaining and good listening. Good hearing head of legal being excitable. Disagree with him his view of the probity of judgement questioning the Parliamentary scrutiny.
Excellent podcast.
GL: Very interesting area – I am interested in HR but I do not have the expertise in this field enjoyed by others – but did try to read into it. John Hirst has some interesting things to say – and Carl is always able to advance a very precise analysis (thankfully) and respond.
We shall see what happens….
Kind of Carl to describe me as being more ‘balanced and mature’ than him, although I’m not sure I would agree. I’ve mentioned another example of ‘extreme sharia’ in a post today.
Oh, good, John, I’ll look forward to reading you being less mature. I meant it in a good way… and yes, I suppose I was quite excitable, Geek. It can happen if I’m asked to look at a human rights case.