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David Allen Green

David Allen Green is legal correspondent of the New Statesman and author of the Jack of Kent blog.

His legal journalism has included popularising the Simon Singh libel case and discrediting the Julian Assange myths about his extradition case.  His uncovering of the Nightjack email hack by the Times was described as "masterly analysis" by Lord Justice Leveson.

David is also a solicitor and was successful in the "Twitterjoketrial" appeal at the High Court.

(Nothing on this blog constitutes legal advice.)

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Global Issues
Law, justice and the death of Osama Bin Laden
02 May 2011

Does it matter if the killing was against the law?

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Republicanism, the morning after
30 April 2011

Has the end of the monarchy now slipped out of sight?

Education
Should Oxbridge be abolished for undergraduates?
15 April 2011

The Friday Question: why not turn Oxford and Cambridge into postgraduate universities?

UK Politics
The return of the rule of law?
14 April 2011

Why recent arrests and prosecutions should be welcomed.

UK Politics
Why I have joined the Liberal Democrats
12 April 2011

A good thing to be said for a currently unpopular party.

Europe
Banning things and liberal values
11 April 2011

Why the French are wrong about face veils.

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Beyond the News of the World apology
10 April 2011

What does News International's mea culpa mean for Metgate?

Politics
A world without copyright?
08 April 2011

In the first of a series of Friday Questions, David Allen Green asks whether we really do need a law

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The George Orwell Blogging Prize Longlist
05 April 2011

One of the judges introduces the 22 listed bloggers.

Politics
Political violence and unlawful behaviour
29 March 2011

Is criminal activity to promote a good cause acceptable?

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