21 Jul 2016 | Posts, Publications, Publications: Brexit and Judicial Power
Professor Richard Ekins publishes a new Judical Power Project report on Brexit’s wide implications for the future of judicial power in our constitution. Read the report
6 Jun 2016 | Posts, Publications: Critiquing Judicial Power, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
In a Policy Exchange report released today I examine the increasing capture of political accountability mechanisms by courts. Institutions such as the Parliamentary Ombudsman are intended to operate in the political sphere, securing government accountability through...
6 Jun 2016 | Publications
Download report Judicial Capture of Political Accountability examines the increasing capture of political accountability mechanisms by courts. It focuses upon developments in judicial review of the Ombudsman process, and shows how these developments are emblematic of...
3 Dec 2015 | Publications, Publications: Critiquing Judicial Power
Download report The judiciary is guilty of overreaching its constitutional remit by overruling Ministers’ decisions whether to release material not deemed to be in the public interest. In Judging the Public Interest, Prof Richard Ekins (University of Oxford) and Prof...
21 Oct 2015 | Finnis on Judicial Power, Publications, Publications: Critiquing Judicial Power
Below is the text of the speech delivered by Professor John Finnis FBA at the relaunch of Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project, with an introduction from Lord Chancellor Rt Hon Michael Gove MP and a Vote of Thanks from Rt Hon Lord Justice Elias, himself a...
30 Mar 2015 | Publications, Publications: 'Lawfare' and Judicial Power
Download report Misguided human rights laws mean British troops operating in the heat of battle are now being held to the same standard as police officers patrolling the streets on a Saturday night in the West End, according to Clearing the Fog of Law. The report,...
9 Mar 2015 | Events, Past events, Publications, Publications: Critiquing Judicial Power
Below is a transcript of the speech delivered by Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy at the launch of Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project. You can also download a copy of the speech in pdf format here. 1. INTRODUCTION I am honoured to have been invited to launch...
18 Oct 2013 | Publications, Publications: 'Lawfare' and Judicial Power
Download report Britain’s Armed Forces are under threat from a sustained legal assault which could paralyse the effectiveness of the military with catastrophic consequences for the safety of the nation. A new Policy Exchange report, The Fog of Law, co-authored by Tom...
