The great flaw in the Human Rights Act
Our new government’s most closely-held commitment is to the primacy of human rights law. Shortly after taking office, Keir Starmer vowed…
How to solve Rishi’s Rwanda dilemma
Rishi Sunak has promised to respond to the Supreme Court’s judgment that the Rwanda policy is unlawful by agreeing a new…
In memory of Lord Brown
The death of Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood means that Britain has lost a great jurist – but also, unusually in…
How Britain can speed up sanctions against the oligarchs
In contrast to its leadership in relation to economic sanctions against the Russian state, the UK has been much too…
The law is not fit to stop Extinction Rebellion’s street protests
Extinction Rebellion (XR) are once again blocking London’s streets, reportedly emboldened by the Supreme Court’s recent Ziegler decision – which…
It's time to rein in the Supreme Court
The return of lockdown measures across parts of northern England, as well as the announcement of dozens of new peerages,…
Why Shamima Begum should not have been allowed to return
It is startling to see the Court of Appeal take over the Home Secretary’s responsibility in deciding who should be…
Judgment day: the danger of courts taking over politics
Who runs Britain? When Boris Johnson’s lawyers made their case in front of the Supreme Court this week, defending his…
Why the Supreme Court should reverse the Scottish Court’s prorogation ruling
The Court of Session has ruled today that the Prime Minister’s advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament, and the…
Who’s on the Supreme Court
Ordinarily, the Supreme Court sits in panels of no more than nine. All 11 justices will hear the government’s appeal, to…
