The Rwanda Bill won’t survive contact with reality
After significant wrangling in parliament, the government has finally passed its Rwanda Bill – while managing to resist any significant new…
What Strasbourg’s climate ruling means for Europe
Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on an unprecedented trio of cases which claimed that European states have…
Should the UK impose an arms embargo on Israel?
Yesterday, a letter from 600 legal experts, including four former Supreme Court judges, was published, arguing that the UK government should impose…
Why climate protestors lost the right to cause criminal damage
Yesterday, the Lady Chief Justice, Lady Carr, delivered a judgment on protest law which may close a remarkable loophole which…
It will be difficult for Israel to ignore this ICJ ruling
Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an interim ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. Its decision…
Will the Lords block Rishi’s Rwanda Bill?
Rishi Sunak will have been delighted last night to see his Rwanda Bill pass in the Commons, by 320 votes…
Ireland could regret its attack on the Troubles law
The Irish government has controversially announced that it will bring an inter-state claim against the UK in the European Court…
The Rwanda Bill is going to be hugely contentious
On Wednesday, the government finally published its promised ‘emergency legislation’, after the Supreme Court ruled in November that the Rwanda…
Has Sunak done enough to fix the Rwanda plan?
When the Supreme Court found against the government on the Home Office’s Rwanda policy in November, the plan appeared to…
Why the Supreme Court demolished the Rwanda scheme
In its simple and comprehensible judgment, the Supreme Court has dealt a crushing blow to the Home Office’s Rwanda policy this…
The case for prosecuting ‘from the river to the sea’
As an international lawyer, splitting my time between London and Brussels, I dare say I might be considered one of…
Will constitutional reform be on Starmer’s conference agenda?
As Labour travels to Liverpool this weekend, one issue which will attract attention is the extent to which Sir Keir…
Boris Johnson has finally run out of luck
Last night, Boris Johnson unexpectedly resigned from the House of Commons. His graceless and indignant resignation statement made clear that…
Why Boris Johnson might escape a partygate punishment
After several months of anticipation, two contentious legal submissions from Lord Pannick KC and a bumper 52-page witness statement, Boris…
Does Boris Johnson’s partygate defence stand up to scrutiny?
This morning, Boris Johnson’s response to the accusations against him was published in a substantial dossier to the Privileges Committee.…
