Law Articles
The ECHR – News from London and Strasbourg
I spoke at Stormont this week at the launch of the annual report of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. My theme was the need to look at the UK's membership of the European [...]
Sovereignty for Schools
I was given the honour of being a panellist (along with Baroness Butler-Sloss, Lord Young of Cookham and Professor Andrew Blick) at a Parliament Week schools event organised by Learn with the Lords and [...]
Parliament and the Rule of Law
The phrase "rule of law" has been used, on average, more than three times on every parliamentary sitting day over the past 10 years. But what does it mean? Has the UK anything to [...]
Writing a Constitution
I gave a lecture last night to the Statute Law Society on the subject of Writing a Constitution. Our constitution is sick (though its condition is chronic rather than acute); a written constitution is [...]
Investigatory Powers Act Review
My independent Investigatory Powers Act review was announced on 17 January. I am conducting the review together with a small strap-cleared team comprising Natasha Barnes, barrister at 1 Crown Office Row John Davies, [...]
National Security and the Law
"National Security and the Law" was the subject of this year's Birkenhead Lecture. It contains a description and assessment of the current state of our law on counter-terrorism, hostile state activity and surveillance - [...]