Alexander Horne

Has the UK Supreme Court been a success?

1 October 2024 4:48 pm

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the UK Supreme Court. When it opened its doors in 2009, it was argued that…

Owen Paterson must regret his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights

20 September 2024 4:21 pm

The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out a challenge by former cabinet minister Owen Paterson. The ex-Tory MP,…

Starmer shouldn’t rush to copy Meloni’s Albania migrant plan

16 September 2024 10:24 pm

One of the first things Keir Starmer did on entering Downing Street in July was to abandon the previous government’s…

The Apple case is a huge win for the European Commission

11 September 2024 2:09 am

Apple must pay €13 billion (£11 billion) in unpaid taxes, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled, bringing to…

What is the point of David Lammy’s partial arms embargo on Israel?

3 September 2024 8:22 pm

The government has suspended 30 (out of around 350) arms export licences to Israel. The Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, acknowledged that the ban…

Should extreme misogyny be labelled terrorism?

19 August 2024 8:15 pm

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has reportedly ‘ordered a review’ of Britain’s counter-extremism strategy. According to the Daily Telegraph, she…

Israel needs to get out of the Gaza war

14 August 2024 8:51 pm

As the war in Gaza drags on into its eleventh month, and the conflict risks expanding into a regional war…

Labour’s plan for the Lords looks unwise

17 July 2024 10:49 pm

Labour’s plans for Lords reform, announced during the King’s Speech this morning, do not come as a great surprise. It…

What would a Labour landslide mean for parliament?

4 July 2024 6:20 pm

As Rishi Sunak faces electoral oblivion today, his final gambit before polling day is to threaten voters with the risk…

Remainers are going to be disappointed in Labour

17 June 2024 11:37 pm

Labour’s election manifesto has been criticised by many commentators for being too vague; like a ‘choose your own adventure’ book which would allow the…

Why Rishi Sunak can’t weaponise the ECHR

11 June 2024 10:55 pm

One of the major themes of the current election campaign is the attempt by Rishi Sunak to draw a dividing…

The ICJ’s Rafah ruling is unwelcome and unwise

25 May 2024 8:53 pm

Yesterday afternoon, in a striking move, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s top court, ordered Israel to stop military operations in Rafah…

Could Northern Ireland become a migrant sanctuary?

14 May 2024 8:37 pm

Yesterday, the High Court in Belfast dealt a blow to the government when it struck down several provisions in the…

Why a disabled pedestrian had her cyclist manslaughter conviction quashed

9 May 2024 7:16 pm

A woman who shouted and waved at a cyclist, causing her to fall in front of a car, has had…

The Rwanda Bill won’t survive contact with reality

24 April 2024 8:42 pm

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

10 April 2024 1:17 am

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?

5 April 2024 11:14 pm

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

19 March 2024 7:07 pm

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

27 January 2024 8:04 pm

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?

18 January 2024 8:18 pm

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

22 December 2023 11:24 pm

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

7 December 2023 10:03 pm

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?

6 December 2023 10:38 pm

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

15 November 2023 11:41 pm

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’

4 November 2023 11:01 am

As an international lawyer, splitting my time between London and Brussels, I dare say I might be considered one of…