NLJ this week: Can the Bill of Rights Bill survive Raab’s departure?

05 May 2023

Issue: 8023 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights , Rule of law

Dominic Raab has resigned (again) but will the Bill of Rights Bill go too? NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC hopes so.

As he writes in this week’s issue, the consultation paper for the Bill ‘met almost universal hostility’ and the subsequent Bill has proved equally unpopular.

Bindman writes: ‘Frankly, the Bill is a mess, and the only sensible course of action is to withdraw it again.’

However, he notes others in the government have membership of the European Convention on Human Rights in their crosshairs. Consequently, he exhorts lawyers always to defend human rights and the rule of law.

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NLJ this week: Can the Bill of Rights Bill survive Raab’s departure?

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Maria Karaiskos KC, Church Court Chambers

Cripps—Simon Main

Hugh James—Danielle Cahill