Robert Rinder

My grandfather wanted to remind us that freedom of expression is the fundamental ingredient for democracy, and all the rest is detail. It is the scaffolding around which every other freedom is based.

It is extremely hard to bring a claim for compensation against the police or the Crown Prosecution Service, even when a person has been charged with an offence and later cleared.

I can conduct and play musical instruments, but dancers' counting is different - they only go to eight beats, which doesn't relate to a bar.

If an employer decides to flout the law, it may be guilty of criminal offences and subject to serious financial liability.

It is always best to settle all outstanding financial matters as soon as divorce proceedings are concluded.

No sane person enjoys paying tax... money, after all, is a very nice thing to have. But it's the price we all pay for so many vital things in this country - and those of us lucky enough to have a bit more should be proud to be paying a little bit more as well.

Most people assume that when you go to court and win your case that you are guaranteed to get your money. Sadly, this isn't always the case.

One of the things about being a law student is that the academic discipline of law is very often removed from the practical reality of law. How to complain, who to complain to, and whether or not you even need to invoke the law is very different in the real world from how it's examined in the lecture theatre.

I dread my trial at the pearly gates - knowing my luck, I'll be hot on the heels of a blameless nun who will be ushered straight to a luscious cloud with prime sea views.

Acting, when it is good, can be transformative.

If a person is seriously injured as a result of someone else's negligence, then they are entitled to compensation.

If the press is to be free, the state has no role in regulating what is published.