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 Convention on Human Rights not just through a domestic lens, but in the international context of creeping illiberalism and authoritarianism.  [...]

By |2025-12-11T14:05:17+00:00December 10th, 2025|Blog, Europe, Featured, Law|Comments Off on The ECHR – News from London and Strasbourg

Can the Backstop be Beaten? (Part 1)

I was asked to advise the People's Vote Campaign, with Jason Coppel QC and Sean Aughey of 11 King's Bench Walk, on the legal effect of the package of measures announced by the Government and the EU on the late evening of Monday 11 March. In our Opinion, produced overnight, we concluded: It is crystal [...]

By |2019-11-15T10:38:20+00:00March 12th, 2019|Blog, Europe, Law|Comments Off on Can the Backstop be Beaten? (Part 1)
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