I’m sure all the people involved are well meaning but there is something soul destryoing about this story on the front page of the Guardian today: Lord Mandelson is set to make history by becoming the first cabinet minister from the House of Lords in modern times to answer questions in the Commons. ...
Established through the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the Supreme Court will hear civil appeal cases from England , Wales , Northern Ireland and Scotland , as well as criminal appeal cases from England , Wales and Northern Ireland. … Read the rest here: Supreme Court Of The United Kingdom Open For ...
David Marquand is offering the Liberal Democrats some advice, graciously for free, over on Our Kingdom. First of all he denounces us for having “more unelected legislators than elected ones” and concludes that this proves that we “can’t be taken seriously as an agent of democratic change.” Unbeknown ...
We would therefore have one representative house, The House of Commons, and regional juries for Wales , Scotland , England and Northern Ireland. This would create a much more symmetrical structure for the governance of the United Kingdom , … Read the original: The Athenian Option « In the Dark
“Its capacity to combine, within this Chamber, the legal traditions of the three separate jurisdictions within the United Kingdom — England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland—is something that the courts of none of those … Read the rest here: Peers mark the end of an era as Law Lords depart ...
I posted yesterday about the similarities between medicine and security and also made reference to the way that lawyers face similar problems. I was thinking more about the legal profession (who must be competing with estate agents to be the next in line for some bad press after bankers, politicians ...
I posted yesterday about the similarities between medicine and security and also made reference to the way that lawyers face similar problems. I was thinking more about the legal profession (who must be competing with estate agents to be the next in line for some bad press after bankers, politicians ...
