There were some interesting comments recently from Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, on the problem of lawyers blocking democratic initiatives. They included these:
Constant lawfare from unscrupulous lawyers, using, or misusing, ECHR protections to thwart democratic mandates.
We’ve seen it with courts preventing successive governments from deporting foreign criminals and illegal immigrants. We’ve seen it with courts forcing governments across Europe to adopt stringent climate change measures that harm economic growth. We’ve seen it with the constant lawfare being used against our veterans, betraying those who’ve served our nation in uniform.
In short, we’ve seen judgements being handed down that undermine democratic mandates.
The Conservatives plan to set up a Commission to look into these issues and how UK law and the ECHR could be reformed.
This seems to be a very good idea to me. See Kemi Badenoch talking about these issues on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGm6IBgl_M4&t=51s
But as usual the problem is being driven by money. Stop the financing of trivial legal cases and the problem would quickly disappear.
Roger Lawson (Twitter: https://x.com/RogerWLawson )
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