Richard Ekins

How to solve Rishi’s Rwanda dilemma

21 November 2023 4:34 pm

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

10 July 2023 4:46 pm

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

7 March 2022 7:53 pm

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

29 August 2021 2:20 pm

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

4 August 2020 2:43 am

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

17 July 2020 5:36 am

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

21 September 2019 9:00 am

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

12 September 2019 3:31 am

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

3 December 2016 9:00 am

Ordinarily, the Supreme Court sits in panels of no more than nine. All 11 justices will hear the government’s appeal, to…