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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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Lifestyle
Making marriage harder
14 February 2011

A St Valentine’s Day wish to take the law out of romance.

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Prisoner votes and the dishonesty of MPs
10 February 2011

Those opposed to prisoner votes are misleading the public.

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The bizarre legal world of WikiLeaks
03 February 2011

Guardian book serialisation accused of containing "malicious libels".

Politics
Why RIPA matters
28 January 2011

Introducing an important statute.

Politics
Police and Ripa requests
27 January 2011

Are there questions to be answered?

Politics
Christians and innkeepers
26 January 2011

Why hotels should not discriminate.

UK Politics
The fall of John Taylor
25 January 2011

From rising star to fraudster.

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What did Dominic Mohan say in 2002?
21 January 2011

An interesting quote from the current editor of the Sun.

UK Politics
Making an example of Edward Woollard
20 January 2011

Has there been a miscarriage of justice?

Politics
Strasbourg rules on privacy and conditional fees
18 January 2011

A mixed day for the UK mainstream media.

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