Judicial Power Project: John Finnis on ‘Brexit and the Balance of Our Constitution’
Read 'Brexit and the Balance of Our Constitution' Following on from his three Judicial Power Project papers on Miller, Professor John Finnis delivered the Sir Thomas More Lecture at Lincoln’s Inn on ‘Brexit and the Balance of Our Constitution’, on 1 December...
Richard Ekins in The Spectator: ‘A guide to the Supreme Court justices’
Ordinarily, the Supreme Court sits in panels of no more than nine. All 11 justices will hear the government’s appeal, to avoid any suggestion that the composition of the panel might make a difference to the outcome. Caution is understandable: judges differ in...
VIDEO: ‘Parliament and the Prerogative: From the Case of Proclamations to Miller’
Timothy Endicott, Professor of Legal Philosophy in the University of Oxford, gave a lecture at Policy Exchange on the royal prerogative, and why its use by the Government to trigger Article 50 should be defended. The Government’s argument in the Miller case is that...
The UK could simultaneously negotiate four or five Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) after Brexit
Negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a complex and highly technical task which usually takes a number of years to bring to fruition. The prospects of success will be greatly enhanced if certain basic “ground rules” are followed. A country must know what it...
