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Taking the constitution seriously: A response to Lord Sales
The incoming Deputy President of the Supreme Court devoted a recent lecture to a critique of my commentary on his judgment in the Spitalfields case, highlighting differences between us concerning… Read more
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The ‘othering’ of human rights and the agenda underlying calls for ECHR withdrawal
A recent conference marking the 75th anniversary anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights provided a sobering opportunity for reflection on possible trajectories of human rights protection in the… Read more
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The Supreme Court’s judgment in Shvidler: Lord Leggatt’s Liversidge v Anderson moment
Today’s Supreme Court’s judgment in Shvidler v Foreign Secretary addresses key issues about the role of courts generally and appellate courts in particular when it comes to applying the proportionality… Read more
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The Afghan super-injunction case: Some constitutional implications
Following a catastrophic administrative error placing the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, the UK government obtained a super-injunction, enabling it to attempt to clear up the mess it… Read more
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The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes
Calls for withdrawal and kneejerk defences of the status quo each risk oversimplifying the UK’s developing political debate about the European Convention on Human Rights. The implications of each position… Read more
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Playing politics with the rule of law
The following, which is republished here with permission, is the foreword to the July 2025 issue of the Solicitors Journal, in which I note that the rule of law today… Read more
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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood on human rights reform in the UK and in Europe
The UK’s Justice Secretary has promised domestic legislation and called for wider ECHR reform because, she says, the application of human rights is now ‘out of step with common sense’.… Read more
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The President of the UK Supreme Court on populism, the judicial role and the constitution
Lord Reed is right to argue that the role of the judiciary needs to be explained and defended more carefully than ever thanks to the challenges wrought by the rise… Read more
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The principle of legality and heightened-scrutiny rationality review: The Supreme Court’s judgment in the Spitalfields case
The Supreme Court’s judgment in R (The Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2025] UKSC 11 traverses some important ground concerning the principle of legality and… Read more
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KP v Foreign Secretary: A primer on rationality review
The judgment of Chamberlain J in KP v Foreign Secretary revisits and clarifies some fundamentals about the nature of substantive judicial review. In doing so, it reminds us that the… Read more
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Could it happen here? Peter Hennessy and Andrew Blick on the ultimate ‘what if’ constitutional question
Peter Hennessy and Andrew Blick’s new book, Could it Happen Here?, is a wake-up call to those who care about the health of British democracy. National complacency about our constitutional… Read more
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