The Northern Ireland Brexit deal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal is an end to any dreams of a UK that runs itself. Much of the…
Sunak’s Rwanda Bill looks doomed
Rishi Sunak is pinning his hopes on emergency legislation, the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, to ‘Stop the Boats’. But…
Is the Met doing all it can to control the Palestine protests?
The Metropolitan police force is falling apart before our eyes. With it is going our sense of safety and security…
The government can’t weaponise legal fees against Boris
The Cabinet Office is trying to weaponise the law against a former prime minister. They have threatened to withdraw funding…
Sunak’s absurd decision to sue the Covid inquiry judge
Thursday evening saw the extraordinary sight of a government suing a highly respected retired judge from our Court of Appeal,…
The EU has no right to lecture the UK over its Rwanda migrant plan
The EU deigns to warn the Tories: don’t try and bypass the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) when it comes…
Is Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal all it’s cracked up to be?
Rishi Sunak’s ‘deal’ on the Northern Ireland Protocol is finally out. My first impression is that it is no ‘deal’…
Why can’t the UK remove EU laws in a year?
As is increasingly common, government policy was leaked to the Times this week by a ‘senior government source’. The source stated that…
Why the Good Law Project lost – again
The Good Law Project (GLP) has lost again. But the lessons from this particular loss touch on a deeper problem…
The problem with parliament’s partygate inquiry
Boris Johnson has recently employed the services of the lawyer Lord Pannick, who has given his legal opinion on a…
The parallel world of EU law
The EU courts are not like our courts. They are given a specific purpose of advancing the union. That purpose…
Changing the Northern Ireland Protocol won't break the law
The UK is about to publish a bill that will override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol. We are doing…
No, Boris Johnson didn’t mislead parliament
The PM did not lie to the House of Commons. Now, ordinarily what goes on inside the House of Commons…
The Colston verdict is the triumph of values, not law
The verdict is in on the case of the Colston statue in Bristol. Not guilty. Every one of the accused…
No, the Downing Street party probably didn't break the law
Was the law broken at the Downing Street Christmas party last year? A video has now been leaked showing a No.…
Is the European Court of Justice about to unravel?
For the European Union to work, its law must be supreme. All member states have courts, but those courts submit…
The ECJ's credibility is in tatters
Is the European Court of Justice (ECJ) a properly independent court? The damning verdict of two respected EU law academics…
Lord Sumption was right to quit the Supreme Court
There used to be a saying: ‘never discuss religion or politics’. That was just a societal rule, a prudent tip…
The rule of law is breaking down in the EU
There are 27 member states in the EU. Two have now declared they are not bound by EU law. Based…
How Germany’s law-breaking undermined the EU
Well over a year ago I wroteabout how Germany had broken both the EU treaty and so international law, when…
The EU’s lowering of food safety standards must end talk of alignment
During the referendum, it was fashionable to pretend that being an EU member did not impact sovereignty. That is wrong…
Is the EU breaching its UK treaty by failing to protect LGBT rights?
Has the EU Commission lost any sense of moral value? This week, Hungary, an EU member state, voted to impose…
Glasgow's immigration raid stand-off is nothing to celebrate
The rule of law is very simple: it means ‘everyone must obey the law’. Last year, much hay was made…
The dividing wall between law and politics is under attack
All my legal life I have watched with sadness those who are ever groping, Gollum-like, unable to resist the idea…
The EU needs to stop playing politics with law
The Lugano convention – part of a tapestry of complicated international law agreements ensuring the courts of one country recognise…
