State of the Judiciary: In Contempt of Judges

The legal uncertainties and legal disputes raised by Brexit have indirectly led to a growing use of judicial review and a more assertive judiciary. The tenth anniversary of the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) – officially set up in October 2009 – was a time to look back on its work reflecting on...

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Main Author: Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2022-06-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/9140
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description The legal uncertainties and legal disputes raised by Brexit have indirectly led to a growing use of judicial review and a more assertive judiciary. The tenth anniversary of the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) – officially set up in October 2009 – was a time to look back on its work reflecting on some of its key rulings as well as on its constitutional position. A special series of lectures were delivered by a judge from each of the four nations - represented in the Supreme Court – in November and December 2019 to reflect on the court’s work over the last ten years (2009-2019). The first Welsh speaking judge of the UKSC David Lloyd-Jones entitled his lecture “Wales: Law in a small nation.” That very year Brexit gave proposal to “ensure that it [judicial review] is not abused to conduct politics by another means or create needless delays” – as written in the 2019 Conservative manifesto. Such a proposal, they fear, would seriously undermine judges’ check on the lawfulness of the acts and decisions of the executive as well as judges’ authority.
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State of the Judiciary: In Contempt of Judges
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independence of justice
checks and balances
separation of power
judicial review
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title State of the Judiciary: In Contempt of Judges
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checks and balances
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