OMG! @HLConstitution seems unanimous condemnation of UK govt!! Sir Frank has puts his finger on PRACTICAL Q:Why has govt NOT managed to contain within disputes procedures? As:
"Effect is dramatic; it's EXPLOSIVE!" WOW!! So many high profile QCs outraged😱
@ProfMarkElliott -brilliant in countering Sir Stephen Laws' case precedents (Laws seems sheepish & embarrassed!) as irrelevant! Huge difference re incompatibility as here Govt DELIBERATELY setting out to breach International obligations= a different order of magnitude!
Ministerial Code not legally binding but encouraging ministers to treat International obligations in
"cavalier fashion" is concerning! About standards & requirement to act in accordance with the law -so needs reframing appropriately!?
Sir Stephen Laws seems to compare law officers/legal advisers drafting legislation which appears contrary to ministerial code for ministers/Exec as like lawyers defending guilty criminals!🙄 OMG!😩😭
What the Exec does is SERIOUS as serious consequences for UK internationally! Sir Franklin Berman says law officers shd be backstop - shd think carefully about not just domestic but international impications - v worrying in this case!!
Lord Hennessy: Lord Chancellor's sacred oath is v potent - respect #RuleOfLaw etc How can he do something which will guarantee infamy!! Must be held to a/c.
Wow!! @Keir_Starmer
@LordCFalconer @SeemaMalhotra1 #PMQs #InternalMarketBill #InternationalLaw
Prof Elliott: Clauses 42 & 43 do not respect #InternationalLaw Clause 45 does not respect the courts!
Q: Is there anything to constrain parliament from breaking #InternationalLaw? (paraphrasing) No. But Sir Stephen now saying not saying that it should be done!
Sir Frank: Ought to be CONSTRAINTS! & AG has role in advising parliament not just ministerial collegues!
DANGER in assumng legal obligations just for lawyers. Legal obligation for ALL involved in Q of complance & non-compliance -dereliction of duty not to take a/c of ..
potential implications for international obligations but international standing! We are all floundering against a background "the like of which we've never seen before!" Sir Stephen's egs of contravention are telling as so scattered & so limited & all in particular situations!
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.