Mike Vickers' Blog

December 18, 2019

Enter Johnson the Dictator

Filed under: Dictatorship, Europe, Johnson, Supreme Court, UK Parliament — derryvickers @ 2:30 pm

Under plans made by Theresa May, the incorporation of all EU case law made by the European Court of Justice into UK law after departure would have left the supreme court as the only body able to overturn these decisions.

But asked about reports that Boris Johnson had ignored concerns from some ministers and decided to allow lower courts the same power, his spokesman confirmed that this would be part of the new withdrawal agreement bill.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/18/lower-courts-can-roll-back-eu-laws-after-brexit-no10-johnson-confirms

September 25, 2019

Legal and Not Political

Filed under: Bill of Rights, Brexit, Law, Supreme Court, UK Parliament, Westminster — derryvickers @ 5:29 pm

Legal and Not Politics

From Scotsman 25/09/2019.

Cormack suggests that the demand for a Written Constitution should be rejected.
The Case Law is now clear

Worth noting:
“to place a limit on the discretion of the Prime Minister in a way that protects, rather than undermines, the separation of powers in our constitution among Parliament, government and the courts.”

Scotsman View

The Supreme Court decision

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