Lady Hale wishes she never wore spider brooch during Supreme Court ruling on suspension of Parliament
04/12/2023
Lady Hale hit headlines for wearing a spider brooch during the Supreme Court ruling on Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament.
Did Boris Johnson Lie to the Queen?
12/09/2019
His comments came hours after after a three-judge Scottish court ruled that his government's advice to the Queen, which led to the five-week prorogation that started Monday, was “unlawful” because it basically disguised the government’s true reason for wanting a parliamentary shutdown.
Report increases fears government is determined to weaken judicial scrutiny.
Reported move triggers backlash from lawyers, with one senior QC quoted as saying the prime minister is seeking a ‘more compliant judiciary’.
PM’s chief advisor accused by Tory insiders of creating ‘mayhem in government’.
Longest-serving supreme court justice says healthy democracy requires checks on ministers.
“On Tuesday they’re going to come into Parliament … and then in the next week they are going to be prorogued, or suspended," NBC News reporter Matt McBradley said.
Anti-Brexit campaigners used judicial review to fight prorogation of parliament – but campaigners warn reform will hurt the most vulnerable.
Lord Sumption says possible Government plans to alter judicial review are 'a recipe for tyranny'
17/01/2020
The Conservatives are to review the 'constitutional plumbing' of the country to stop the courts being used for political ends.
Parliament to be prorogued next Tuesday
02/10/2019
The government has confirmed it plans to prorogue Parliament next Tuesday and hold a Queen's Speech on 14 October.
Die Zeit says the prime minister should resign while El País appeared to praise the judges.
Boris Johnson appears to contradict his own claim that parliament suspension was 'nothing to do with Brexit'
24/09/2019
Former cabinet minister Amber Rudd says PM 'can't have it both ways'.
MPs from across the parties gather in the chamber, as one says "parliamentary sovereignty has been upheld".
PM says he will respect ruling but insists new legislative programme still needed.
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament weeks before Brexit - and that therefore the suspension was void.
UK’s top judges unanimously rule on prime minister's proroguing of parliament ahead of Brexit deadline.
Speaker John Bercow welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful.
Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Judges rule unanimously that PM’s decision to prorogue parliament can be examined by judges.
PM says adverse supreme court ruling would not stop him proroguing parliament again.
Supreme Court ruling on whether Boris Johnson unlawfully closed parliament to be delivered on Tuesday
23/09/2019
Judges to hand down verdict in historic case, with government expected to face calls to recall parliament immediately if suspension is declared void.
Dominic Raab refused to rule out a further prorogation of Parliament, ahead of the Supreme Court's ruling on the issue.
Final arguments at supreme court raise question of who has power to bring parliament back