Raphael Hogarth
Associate
Raphael's recent work
The role of the law officers: where politics and law collide
Raphael Hogarth arns of the danger of a politician-lawyer giving advice that they believed to be wrong
The government’s reforms to judicial review must respect the separation of powers
Any further reforms to the relationship between the courts and the executive should not neuter judicial review or undermine the separation of powers
Judicial review and policy making
Ministers and officials should accept that judicial review improves policy.
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The role of the law officers: where politics and law collide
Raphael Hogarth arns of the danger of a politician-lawyer giving advice that they believed to be wrong
The government’s reforms to judicial review must respect the separation of powers
Any further reforms to the relationship between the courts and the executive should not neuter judicial review or undermine the separation of powers
Judicial review and policy making
Ministers and officials should accept that judicial review improves policy.
Is judicial review “abused to conduct politics by another means”?
Before solving the problem with judicial review, the panel is going to have to work out what it is
The Internal Market Bill breaks international law and lays the ground to break more law
There is a lot to be concerned about in how the Internal Market Bill treats both international and domestic law
UK Internal Market Act
After the end of the transition period, the UK government and the devolved administrations will no longer be collectively bound by EU law.
Jonathan Jones's resignation points to wider questions about breaking international law
Sir Jonathan Jones' resignation points to a wider struggle about what the rule of law means for the UK
Coronavirus: local lockdowns
A local lockdown is a partial or full re-imposition of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus in a specific locality.
Playing “whack-a-mole” with coronavirus is not a good enough local lockdown strategy
Ministers need a strategy for targeted restrictions, just as they needed a strategy for national ones
The government needs to tell parliament how it will address problems with the lockdown laws
The government must provide greater clarity and allow for regular scrutiny on coronavirus laws