Poland's top court has finally called the EU's bluff
For many years, the EU has posed as a kind of overbearing imperial leviathan, which insists its law has to prevail over…
The Liberal Democrats have a dangerous vision for the City of London
Liberals have always set great store by laws and declarations. It was joked about Lord Loreburn, the liberal Lord Chancellor…
A Scotsman's home is no longer his castle
If you suggest to an English politician that your home should be your castle to use as you like, he…
Will Knowland, Eton and the problem with the teaching misconduct panel
When Eton master Will Knowland was sacked last year over anti-feminist views contained in a YouTube video which he refused…
Do we really need lectures from Unesco on our heritage?
You could describe the UK planning system as a giant whispering gallery where landowners, pressure groups and developers all seek to bend…
The EU’s menacing rule of law power grab
Officially the European Union may be a union of sovereign states. But its Commission increasingly has the air of an…
The EU will regret its legal onslaught against Poland
When European governments openly disobey courts, ears prick up. When two courts simultaneously contradict each other on the same day…
Troubles' veterans on both sides deserve immunity from prosecution
The recent decision by Boris Johnson’s government to put a five-year time-bar, save in exceptional circumstances, on the prosecution of British…
Britain should resist copying the EU's corporate responsibility law
Big corporations have a lot not to be proud of, and we certainly could do with laws to rein in…
The problem with linking trade deals to human rights
Trade deals are in the air post-Brexit, but not everybody is happy. In a speech this week Frances O’Grady, the…
Prepare for the EU’s ‘Hamilton moment’
The EU may boast a common currency like any other state (even if nearly a third of its 27 members…
China should be worried about the Uyghur Tribunal
There have been harrowing storiesof cruelty, torture and mistreatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang province in the newsthis week, coming from…
Pro-choice activists shouldn't celebrate Roe v Wade
A striking curiosity of American life is that the names of legal cases can insinuate themselves into everyday dialogue. None…
Sturgeon's foreign policy power grab
There is certainly a lot to catch the eye in the SNP’s manifesto published on Thursday. If you look you…
Europe's human rights judges are right not to ban compulsory vaccines
If you think public health authorities in England are overbearing, spare a thought for the Czechs. Parents who fail to…
The problem with our hate crime laws
We have a long experience of dealing with hate crime in Britain. In 1958 nine Teddy boys armed themselves with…
Clive Myrie, the BBC and the trouble with Ofcom
Ofcom’s tight grip on current affairs broadcasts has been likened by some observers to a choking collar. Clive Myrie, one of…
Meghan Markle and the trouble with human rights law
Meghan Markle hailed her victory in a high court privacy case as a ‘comprehensive win’ over the Mail on Sunday’s…
Does Britain really need more hate crime laws?
Free speech requires a leap of faith: a belief that even if bad speech does harm, the good done by…
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