It is seldom that the much-mythologised Magna Carta is actually engaged. Yet in A Reference by the Attorney […]
Category Archive: Civil Liberties
In R v ABJ [2026] UKSC 8 a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the offence of expressing support […]
The Facts On 7 January, United States military forces, supported by British forces, intercepted the oil tanker originally […]
Following the horrific antisemitic attack at a Manchester synagogue in October, the government has announced plans to amend […]
How should the state be held to account when it funds and organises essential services—but then denies responsibility […]
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe […]
The decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] is one […]
In 1961 Alexander Bickel argued that the US Supreme Court should adopt what he called the ‘passive virtues’ – minimising […]
Conservative politicians in the UK and the US are making headlines for regulatory efforts targeting core free speech […]
In a recent critical essay for the London Review of Books, Conor Gearty penned a wonderful, if provocative, […]
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