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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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Judicial review reform: the importance of grown-up debate
Government proposals to streamline judicial review of decisions authorising major infrastructure projects have been branded ‘Trumpian’. As well as being misplaced, such criticisms risk inhibiting mature discussion and further polarising… Read more
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The petition to call a general election: straight out of the populist playbook
More than two million people have signed a petition calling for an early general election. There won’t be one, but those who are interested in the health of British democracy… Read more
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The new Attorney General on the rule of law
The new Attorney-General’s recent lecture on the rule of law makes all the right noises. But it remains to be seen whether the Labour Government will be willing to put… Read more
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Judicial review 101: McAleenon in the Supreme Court
Following the wrong-turning taken by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in the McAleenon case, the Supreme Court’s judgment represents a welcome restatement of orthodoxy. Although the Supreme Court’s judgment… Read more
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The Conservative leadership election and withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights
Robert Jenrick MP, one of the two remaining contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party, has made the UK’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) a… Read more
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Saving the Union? Philip Rycroft on Whitehall and the Scottish independence referendum
I attended a fascinating talk at St Catharine’s College in Cambridge earlier this week, organised by the University’s Bennett Institute for Public Policy, on ‘Saving the Union? Whitehall and the… Read more
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Is the UK heading for a constitutional crisis because of the Rwanda Bill?
Could the Supreme Court really strike down the Rwanda Bill? Former Attorney General Sir Geoffrey Cox appears to think so. In a letter to the Telegraph written with other senior… Read more
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Could the Supreme Court reject the Rwanda Bill as unconstitutional?
In an earlier post, I noted that the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, at least as traditionally understood, would prevent a UK court, such as the Supreme Court, from simply refusing… Read more
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The Rwanda Bill and its constitutional implications
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill has been published with much fanfare, following the conclusion a treaty between the UK and Rwanda that provides for some asylum-seekers to… Read more
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