“Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government” – Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Until this week, reaction to the Government’s green paper on ‘Justice and Security’ has been muted. It has taken the form of detailed and reasoned submissions and has tended to come mainly from organisations and individuals with a legal background. Writing on the UK Human Rights Blog, barrister Adam Wagner, somewhat despairingly, referred to the “sound of tumbleweed greeting secret civil trials proposals”.
