Rule Of Law

The rule of law is in decline across the EU, according to a civil liberties network. Berlin-based Civil Liberties Union for Europe's annual report found that challenges to the rule of law were sporadic in old democracies with mainstream parties in power, including Germany and France, but that deteri

The UK’s longstanding commitment to the rule of law is under grave threat according to a report from JUSTICE. The report – The State We’re in: Addressing Threats & Challenges to the rule of law – looks at the importance of the rule of law as a legal concept fundamental to

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of undermining the rule of law after claiming left-wing “legal eagles” were trying to thwart his plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. I. Stephanie Boyce, president of the Law Society, said it was "misleading and dangerous for the prime min

Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser has raised concerns about the Scottish government's proposed legal reforms, describing them as “out of touch” and “unwarranted”. Mr Fraser, a former solicitor himself, raised the matter at Holyrood during a justice and veterans portfolio

The Faculty of Advocates has condemned comments made by the prime minister once again about the legal profession.  Boris Johnson suggested yesterday that "left-wing criminal justice lawyers" act against the public interest.

Bad faith actors are making crypto-political arguments in the legal arena, the Lord Chancellor has suggested. In a speech delivered at a conference on constitutional reform at University College London, Robert Buckland QC MP suggested the concept of the 'rule of law' was being abused for political e

Scotland is becoming a state in which the population is forced to conform to the vision and values of the ruling elite, a new book argues. In The Justice Factory: Can the Rule of Law Survive in 21st Century Scotland?, author Ian Mitchell suggests that the country is on the road to becoming an author

The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have been asked by more than 800 former judges and senior legal figures to apologise for endangering lawyers in a letter to The Guardian. Boris Johnson and Priti Patel are also accused of displaying “hostility” towards the profession and undermining

The Dean of Faculty has made a personal plea to the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary: stop denigrating the legal profession. Mr Dunlop has written to Boris Johnson and Priti Patel following speeches in recent days in which references were made to “lefty human rights lawyers and other do-g

The European Commission has published its first EU-wide report on the rule of law, which includes input from every member state and covers both positive and negative developments across the EU. The report shows that many member states have high rule of law standards, but highlights important challen

In his second paper 'talk' prepared during lockdown – Remedies, Contract and Delict – Terra Firma's Neil Beynon offers some suggestions for returning to practice in a way that enables the legal system to function properly and fully so as to enable the rule of law to flourish. R

The UK and the US have signed a bilateral agreement allowing their respective law enforcement agencies to directly demand electronic data relating to serious crime from tech companies in the other jurisdiction. The world-first UK-US Bilateral Data Access Agreement was signed by Home Secretary Priti

Professor R. Daniel Kelemen, professor of political science and law and Jean Monnet chair in European Union politics at Rutgers University, writes on the change of leadership in the UK and the EU. The incoming President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the new Prime Minister of th