Tag Archives: Parliamentary Sovereignty

Can the UK Government use EU law to negate the Benn Act – Not according to the former Head of the EU Commission’s legal service

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Grahame Pigney

According to Jean-Claude Piris, a former head of the EU Council legal service, suggestions that the UK government could rely on EU law to trump the Benn Act have no legal basis. According to the Guardian, he said in an … Continue reading →

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Can the PM use the Civil Contingencies Act or an Order of Council to thwart the Benn Act – Emphatically NO.

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Grahame Pigney

There has been much speculation that the Prime Minister will use one of these two mechanisms to avoid complying with the Benn Act, which forces the Prime Minister to ask for an Article 50 extension in the event of a … Continue reading →

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A new Prime Minister – new challenges to be pursued.

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Grahame Pigney

Over time there have been a number of legal challenges, attempts to neuter the UK’s Parliament, define whether the Article 50 notification is unilaterally revocable, and establish whether the Article 50 notification and subsequent delay are legitimate. The House of … Continue reading →

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UK Voter Id – Another government attack on the UK’s democratic process

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Grahame Pigney

Under cover of Brexit darkness, the government is mounting another, typically surreptitious, attack on our democracy. The government, without any substantive evidence, is implementing a system by which we will all have to have a “Voter Id”. You may have … Continue reading →

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