Palestine Action – what just happened? By the Secret Barrister Blog

Six Palestine Action protestors were acquitted by a jury of aggravated burglary, following a break-in at an Elbit Systems UK factory near Bristol in August 2024. Three of the six were acquitted of violent disorder, while no verdict was reached in relation to three others jointly so charged, nor was a verdict reached on a …

Hunxit? Why Hungary Is Still in the European Union — And Why Kicking It Out Isn’t So Simple by Lawson Akhigbe

Every few months, when Budapest blocks an EU resolution, delays sanctions, or delivers another lecture on “illiberal democracy,” the same exasperated question echoes across Brussels dinner tables: Why is Hungary still in the European Union? Its current prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has proudly declared his model an “illiberal state.” He spars with EU institutions over …

Building Roads, Building Trust: A Tale of Two Systems in Tilbury, Essex and Obaseki’s Benin City, Edo state by Lawson Akhigbe

A road in Tilbury We walk on them, drive on them, and complain about them. But how often do we think about the complex journey a road takes before it becomes the tarmac beneath our wheels? It’s a journey of legal frameworks, competitive bidding, and watchful oversight. To understand how infrastructure gets built, I decided …

Law, Television and the Constitution: When a Charge Sheet Becomes a Press Release by Lawson Akhigbe

In Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 pending before the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has mounted what can only be described as a full-spectrum constitutional assault on the prosecution initiated by the security services of the Nigeria. The motion seeks to quash the charge in limine on grounds that range from constitutional invalidity to …

Voters decide nothing; vote counters decide everything!, By Wole Olaoye

We have recently witnessed spirited protests and media contestations on the electoral bill then in the works and now signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. If you immerse yourself too deeply in the emotive tragicomedy, you may miss the tragedy of how politics has torn the fabric of brotherhood down the middle or the …