Source: http://ukscblog.com/now-we-are-two/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 10:30:15+00:00

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Updated: The Guardian published more coverage of the Court today, including an article on the Justices’ views on Strasbourg, which provide an interesting comparison Lord Judge’s comments last week, and an article by Martin Kettle suggesting that the Supreme Court is changing the way that we think about law.
The Guardian has done a great spread on the Supreme Court this morning, celebrating the Court’s second birthday. You can watch video interviews with Lord Phillips, Lord Hope, Lady Hale, Lord Mance and Lord Dyson on their experiences in the Court. There are also special features on the Justices’ concerns regarding the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice, and Lady Hale’s experience as the only woman currently sitting on the Supreme Court bench.
Given that the UK Supreme Court is subservient to Parliament, it is a mockery to call it supreme.
Under European law there is the separation of powers, providing checks and balances with the 3 arms of the State to prevent abuse of power, in the UK we only have a fusion of powers hence we get abuse of powers.
In Hirst v UK (No2) within the UK part of the case is the 3 arms of the State; Executive, Parliament and Judiciary. As the UKSC forms part of the Judiciary, it must accept that it is just as guilty for the human rights violation identified in Hirst No2 as the Executive and Parliament.
Note the binding nature upon all state bodies including the courts.
Why should a guilty party, the UKSC, not follow the ECtHR’s decisions? It beggars belief that the UKSC is arguing that the losing party should not be bound by the Court’s decision. Moreover, that the UKSC wants to be judge, jury and executioner in its own cause. The Convention was drafted to prevent dictatorships and the UKSC is crying because it is not allowed to become a authoritarian or totalitarian regime. Methinks that the UKSC protesteth too much!
For the UKSC to get legitimacy it must refuse to bow down to the doctrine of the sovereignty of Parliament. Otherwise we must have a human rights court and a constitutional court.
Given that both the MR and LCJ have spoken out against being inferior to the ECtHR, the case is destined for the CJEU, ECtHR or UKSC.
There is a strong human rights lobby pushing for the CJEU to become the next venue in Europe to be the the ultimate guardian of human rights in Europe. Other contenders are the ECtHR and national constitutional courts. http://echrblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/london-conference-on-eu-accession-to.html As we neither have human rights courts nor constitutional courts in the UK, and because the UKSC is fettered by Parliament it cannot be trusted to be the guardian of peoples human rights. To be a player in Europe the UK can no longer stand on the sideline but must play by the rules of the game and play on the pitch.
Europe has concerns about the UK’s status as a failing State with its systemic failures. The structure is at fault. The UK does not guarantee all the human rights under the Convention, and fails to provide an effective remedy by a national authority for human rights violations.
For the UKSC to be taken seriously in Europe it needs to address the problem of the systemic failure. Neither the Executive nor Parliament is addressing the problem. That only leaves the UKSC to grasp the nettle. I suspect that the corruption runs too deep or there is a lack of courage. Either way the UKSC has no legitimacy to take the lead away from Europe, it must be content to be a follower.
Europe is providing an opportunity to the UK with the subsidiarity principle. However, both the Secretary of State for Justice and Attorney General have misinterpreted this to mean that Europe should let the UK abuse human rights unmolested. The only way Europe will allow this is for the UK to withdraw from the Council of Europe and European Union. Kenneth Clarke and Dominic Grieve have stated that the UK has no intention of doing this. Therefore, there is scope for the UKSC to make a legal declaration that it is the responsibility of all 3 arms of the State to guarantee the human rights under the Convention and remedy any breach of human rights.
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