Author Archives: Martin

A short post outlining how we protect people’s data and why we’re not neutral about politicians who support secret courts Continue reading →

On Friday, May 23rd, we sent the following email to supporters of the campaign: Dear No to Secret Courts campaigner, You may already have seen the letter going round about Nick Clegg and the Leadership. I know many of us … Continue reading →

It turns out we didn’t need to wait too long for the Government to start misusing the secret courts procedure.  It happened already in a case involving the Treasury and an Iranian bank accused of indirectly helping finance Iran’s nuclear weapons … Continue reading →

A cracking article from John Le Carré in the Guardian laying out how our politicians have become supine in the face of the security services: What are secret courts? Why do we need them? To protect Britain’s special relationship with … Continue reading →

Here’s our latest email to campaign supporters… Dear Fellow No to Secret Courts Campaigner, The campaign continues and reaches the eleventh hour this week. The Lords vote on Tuesday will either improve this terrible Bill, or see it pass in its … Continue reading →

David Howarth has posted an excellent article rebutting Tom McNally’s article on secret courts over on Lib Dem Voice. It provides a useful summary of many of the biggest problems with the ‘secret courts’ proposals: They lead to one-sided justice. … Continue reading →

An excellent response to Lords Woolf’s letter to in today’s Times from David Howarth, former MP for Cambridge. Dear Sir, Lord Woolf’s defence of the government’s proposals to introduce closed material proceedings (‘secret courts’) in civil matters is very surprising … Continue reading →

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A big thank you to Julian Huppert and Mike Crockart for everything they fought for today on Secret Courts.  They’re still in the thick of committee stage on the bill with important votes still to come, but this report from … Continue reading →