Richard Cornes: 11-1 gender ratio Court’s Achilles Heel: Reporting of the Supreme Court’s start of the year press briefing
A relationship of cooperation but also competing interests On October 2 at 10am, the United Kingdom Supreme Court held an hour long pre-term press-briefing to mark the opening of the … Continue reading
Christopher Forsyth: Principle or Pragmatism: Closed Material Procedure in the Supreme Court
In Al Rawi & Ors v The Security Service & Ors [2011] UKSC 34; [2012] 1 AC 531 the claimants (respondents in the Supreme Court) were bringing civil claims for … Continue reading
Kate Malleson: Judicial views on the selection process for senior judges
The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Phillips, gave evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee¹s inquiry into the judicial appointments process last week. He argued against the introduction … Continue reading
Roger Masterman and Jo Murkens: What Kind of a Court is the UK Supreme Court?
The United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) is something of a novel institution among apex courts. It is not a typical supreme court with strong powers of constitutional review, but it … Continue reading
