Four retired senior judges have warned Peers that judicial independence is at risk from plans to give judges discretion over how much weight to attach to European Court of Justice decisions after Brexit. Former President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger told the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee that a judge in that position would be moving towards accepting ‘diplomatic and political factors’. He said: ‘This is an uncomfortably wide discretion. The judge will have to decide what factors to take into account.’ Lord Thomas, Lord Hope and Sir Konrad Schiemann also gave evidence.
23 November 2017
Judges on Brexit
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NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
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Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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