Special Briefing on the Worboys Case
Today the new Justice Secretary David Gauke makes a statement to MPs on the Worboys case – his first outing at the Dispatch Box in this post. In particular, he will focus on the Parole Board and support for victims. Should he consider some fundamental changes to the...
Gunnar Beck: Beware of Germany’s proposal for a new EU-UK transnational court
In an interview with Germany’s leading daily Die Welt on 18 June 2017, German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel appeared to signal the EU might be willing to relax some of its more extravagant demands in the Brexit negotiations. So far the EU Commission has insisted...
The European Court of Justice is not an impartial court and has no role to play in post-Brexit EU-UK relations
In an article in the Guardian last week, Baroness Kennedy QC adds her influential voice to the current war of words on the UK’s Brexit ‘divorce bill’ and the post-Brexit role of the EU Court of Justice. She broadly supports the EU’s maximalist position based on the...
Derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights in Armed Conflict: Submission to the JCHR
As is now well known, Brexit does not affect the UK’s commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg will continue to be able to determine whether UK law and Government actions are compliant...
