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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I went to Strasbourg to see whether reform, of the European Convention on Human Rights is possible, rather than quitting as some would prefer. Here's our tale for tonight's TV Ten. Pictures and editing by Lee Durant. My thanks to the ECHR / CoE team for accommodating my endless requests.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
So spent time breaking down the legal challenges and complexities around what may happen with the Palestine Action hoohar. I’ve tried to fill gaps in the knowledge. After mass arrests, what happens next with Palestine Action ban? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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After mass arrests, what happens next with Palestine Action ban?
Since the Palestine Action ban, the clash ahead now feels as much about politics and PR as about the law.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
It’s gonna run and run this Supreme Court stuff: Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trans former judge to challenge Supreme Court's gender ruling
Victoria McCloud, who stepped down last year, said the judgement had violated her human rights.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Well worth a read by all journalists and anyone else who cares about open justice and how it assists the public to learn from tragedies. Well done Charlie Maloney who I don’t think inhabits these parts - Joshua’s write-up points to CM’s reporting.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
More funding for judges to tackle record court delays - but it’s still short of what judges say they can do, what barristers say is needed and what two damning reports say will fix things for victims www.bbc.com/news/article...
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More funding for judges to tackle record court delays
The announcement of new support for courts comes as two reports warn the justice system is struggling.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Proof that AI has no sense of humour:
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It’s worth looking at everything happening on people smuggling across the Channel and consider whether things may begin to change. Its a complex issue - and the pull/push factors are also crucial - but this is a look at the panopoly of security measures coming together: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Can the tide turn on the English Channel migrant boat crossings?
Yvette Cooper visits the French coast to see how authorities are tackling people smuggling gangs.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Open Justice VICTORY: The govt has today SCRAPPED the Online Plea and Allocation plan, devised during Boris Johnson years. It would have led to no end of criminal cases, including many really serious allegations that lead to prison, beginning in secret.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Biggest criminal justice legislation plan in years brings back the whole anti social behaviour agenda. Assuming this mammoth package gets into law quickly, some police forces may struggle to deliver the “safer streets mission” because they desperately need more cash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mobile phone thieves targeted in flagship crime bill
The Crime and Policing Bill will be given officers powers to make Britain's cities safer, the Home Secretary says.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
An AI search engine summary I didn't ask for that isn't intelligent enough to work out the difference between the past and the present.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This: How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to fuel wave of misinformation www.bbc.com/news/article...
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How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to create wave of misinformation
The X owner shared false claims that a Home Office memo urged police not to intervene in child grooming cases.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
WELL. That escalated quickly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew named as Yang Tengbo
Mr Yang said the description of him as a spy was
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Urgent court hearing this afternoon regarding “H6”, the suspected spy who won Prince Andrew’s trust.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Nah… didn’t expect this headline on a Friday before Xmas but the problem with Spooks is they never tell you what they up to: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Prince Andrew says he 'ceased all contact' with alleged Chinese spy
Questions have been raised over the prince's relationship with a Chinese businessman alleged to be a spy who was later banned from the UK.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Legal grenade going off this morning in London Legal Land: Barrister Charlotte Proudman has won her extraordinary disciplinary hearing which accused her of misconduct after she had a pop at a judge for his "boys' club attitude". Charges thrown out. She said she had been a victim of discrimination.
Screenshot of the the judgment in Charlotte Proudman's case, declaring charges dismissed.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The facts are in: New stats show Crown Court backlogs have now broken all records. *73,105 cases now waiting for trial.* That’s almost double the delays before the pandemic (a level that had by then already been rising due to cuts to judges, courts and a loss of barristers over pay.)
Official government statistics graph showing the crown court backlogs reaching more than 73,000. The graph shows more new cases entering the system than those being completed in any given quarter.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Four years ago, Cavan Medlock, a self-confessed Nazi sympathiser, chose his target, an immigration solicitor, after seeing his name in the Daily Mail & after weeks of ministers briefing against "activist lawyers". An important & under-reported terrorism case: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Court finds neo-Nazi Cavan Medlock planned attack at law firm
Cavan Medlock had a Nazi flag and a knife when he targeted the immigration law firm, a court finds.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Long time coming this - MPs first asked the government to look at oversight of non-police prosecutions four years ago. Also an examination of the paper-based fast track for minor offences which is another big deal with evidnce of injustices - partic for vulnerable: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Government to review Post Office-style prosecutions
The government is to review the oversight of private prosecutions, after the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Radio 3 Unwind online station on BBC Sounds is amazing. Some may say it’s like a middle class digitally delivered bong of the finest student house weed. (Not that I would have any idea about that. I’m in my 50s and live in the Home Counties) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Piano Focus - Serene piano music to focus the mind - BBC Sounds
Feel inspired with this reflective and relaxing piano mix.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Doggo’s got some solar enhanced highlights going on.
A very bright looking dog in a field in the early winter sun. The trees are full of crisp autumn coloured leaves.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Defence secretary to seek 'missing' nuclear test records www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Defence secretary to probe for missing nuclear test records
Men who witnessed nuclear tests in the 1950s are demanding answers over alleged secret monitoring programme.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Result for the long campaign by the Mirror + @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social. Highlighted by us this week. Defence Sec John Healey has pledged to MPs to investigate if there are missing and secret files hiding the truth about what nuclear bomb test veterans experienced. Run VT from Defence Committee:
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Lawyers for the nuclear bomb test veterans, in last night’s top documentary, proposing to launch legal action against the government in Jan if there’s no agreement on an alternative (and vastly cheaper) resolution for their claims of a cover-up of the damage to their health.
Press release from lawyers for the nuclear veterans Press release from lawyers for the nuclear veterans
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If you watch one thing tonight, make it this moving film about the surviving veterans of the UK’s nuclear bomb tests & their fight to find out if the military covered up what top brass knew about their suspected radioactive contamination. 9pm BBC2 and the iPlayer now: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
The story of Britain’s postwar atomic weapons programme, its devastating legacy for the thousands of service personnel who took part and the impact on their families and indigenous communities.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Just used the "Sky Bridge" chrome plugin to find people I'm following on what was Twitter who are now on BSky. It is good but has limitations due to same names issue. If you're a Joe Bloggs, but not the Joe Bloggs I need, don't take it the wrong way if I now unfollow you...
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Big issue from a fortnight ago doing a deep dive analysis of where the new Lab govt goes (or not) is a great read if you can still find it. Learned more about the complexities of housing policy over this issue+local pint than in a year
A copy of the Big Issue
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
You couldn’t make it up: The Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars at auction www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars at auction
Infowars was auctioned as part of a defamation ruling after Jones falsely called the Sandy Hook School shooting a hoax.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Watch this. Protest in NZ/Aotearoa Parliament over the deeply controversial proposal to reinterpret the founding constitutional agreement between the Māori & Queen Vic / Euro settlers that has made the modern nation a stand out in its capacity to deal with the past. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to redefine the principles that have been used in support of Māori.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Met Police faces service cuts without more cash, says its chief. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Met police faces service cuts without more cash, says chief
Sir Mark Rowley says he is "deeply troubled" by negotiations so far on the force's funding next year.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Has anyone clever written some code to export a list of followed accounts from the platform formerly known as useful and match it to the same users here ?
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Really interesting read from Lord Sumption this - lobs a legal stink bomb at the US Supreme Court and its handling of the Trump case and the US Constitutional settlement more generally. Well worth the time: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
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The president’s crimes
The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America. The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
Better start posting here now that people have jumped on board… I have to admit however that ignoring social media for months has been an (admittedly anti-social) delight …
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Live right now: Coverage of what may be Julian Assange’s last attempt to prevent his extradition to the USA www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk...
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Julian Assange latest: Wikileaks co-founder in last-ditch legal bid against US extradition - BBC News
The Wikileaks co-founder is not attending the High Court hearing because he is too unwell.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
Important twist in the Andy Malkinson case that raises questions about how the miscarriages of justice body acted a decade ago. It realised it may be missing opportunities to investigate new DNA leads in potential wrongful convictions. Its internal review diagnosed the problem but…
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Andy Malkinson: DNA warnings made years before rape case overturned
The Criminal Cases Review Commission was warned it could have missed DNA evidence in rape cases.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Home Office announces controversial Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir to be banned in the UK as a terrorist organisation after followers changed "jihad" at Gaza rally last year. That's a decision literally debated for 20 years in government - Blair and Cameron both thought about it.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Hello Legal/Academic peeps: Does anyone have a list or can point me in the direction of all the Declarations of Incompatibility at the UK SC and what happened next? Thanks!
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
NATION'S JOURNALISTS RUSH TO BOOK SPRING HOLIDAYS:
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Rishi Sunak appears to rule out spring general election
The prime minister says he thinks it will take place in the second half of 2024.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Meanwhile over in the other hate-filled place my colleague from the Evening Standard is reporting the press are going to have to practice their yoga chair pose:
Screen grab of Tweet from Tristan Kirk revealing chairs have been removed in Westminster Mags Court press room.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Follow the money: One small document buried on government website reveals the UK has earmarked at least £700m for small boat arrivals until 2030 - if not later www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6767...
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UK earmarks £700m for small boat arrivals until 2030
Invitation to businesses to manage migrants is sign that officials see Channel crossings continuing.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
RWANDA BILL PUBLISHED: Draft Bill aiming to fix the problems with the Rwanda scheme. Now available on government website - and to be introduced in Parliament tomorrow: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Draft Bill
New draft legislation to make clear that Rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
Quite extraordinary: Official figures show a *new record high* for net migration to the UK of 745,000 people for 2022. That's 139,000 *higher* that previously thought. And almost 8x government's self-imposed on-off target of "tens of thousands".
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Vatican investigating possible miracle as Nottingham Forest suddenly climb one place in PL table:
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Everton receive immediate 10-point deduction
Everton receive an immediate 10-point deduction after being found to have breached the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
We’re a bit in the dark about the PM’s planned “emergency” legislation on Rwanda. It’s not appeared yet. Seems to be weeks away. Strictly speaking that doesn’t resemble the usual definition of emergency legislation to be rushed through Parliament. Two examples:
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
She Said It Her Way. Eight of Suella Braverman's choicest quotes and what they told us about her approach to one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the British state: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6737...
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Eight things Suella Braverman said that made headlines
Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary. Here's her record - in her own words.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
BREAKING: Suella Braverman SACKED as Home Secretary after her interventions putting pressure on the police over Gaza protest.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
BREAKING: Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and others can continue their High Court damages claim for unlawful information gathering against the publisher of the Daily Mail. Judge has just refused to stop the case, chucking out Associated Newspapers’ application to do so. Big.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Big political dilemma for Rishi Sunak beyond this row: The Rwanda policy Supreme Court Judgment is next week. If he sacks SB now, and Govt loses in court, he’s in the firing line. No one left to take the heat. If they win, SB becomes a victorious massive backbench threat.
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Suella Braverman: PM pushed to sack home secretary over protest stance
The home secretary creates a Tory divide after criticising the police over pro-Palestinian protests.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Why can't Suella Braverman stop the Palestinian march on Saturday? Because the law doesn't allow her to - and at the moment the police haven't got a case to ban it. The ins and outs explained:
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Why Suella Braverman can't stop Palestinian protests
The Met Commissioner says the law is on his side in allowing the Armistice Day march - here's why.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
RWANDA JUDGMENT AT THE SUPREME COURT NEXT WEDS. IT WILL ALL BE IN CAPITALS. (Well actually not, but I’m already in Caps Lock mode it’s so massive)
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Met Commissioner says Saturday’s Palestinian solidarity march is happening because there’s no lawful reason to stop it - but the political pressure on him continues. Now the PM is saying he will “hold him accountable”. Sir Mark Rowley meeting PM later…
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