Tag: UKSC
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Lewis Graham: Judicial Ideology and Supreme Court Appointments
Appointing Supreme Court Justices When a vacancy arises on the UK Supreme Court (UKSC), how is it filled? And what considerations are taken into account when deciding on which qualified candidate to appoint? The answer to the first question is easy enough to answer: the Lord Chancellor convenes an ad hoc selection commission, which must…
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Lewis Graham: Going beyond, and going against, the Strasbourg Court
Section 2 of the Human Rights Act (HRA) requires that domestic courts “take into account” relevant Strasbourg case law when dealing with substantive claims under that Act. The classic authority on the application of this provision remains – for now – that of Lord Bingham: courts should “keep pace with the Strasbourg jurisprudence as it evolves over time:…