@Luckyguy1983 Parliament can simply pass primary legislation to instruct the courts on how to deal with these situations without taking away rights from everyone else. That is the point of Parliament… (View Post)

Our democratically elected Parliament voluntarily applied its rulings to this country, in certain circumstances. That is democratic and it is accountable. If Parliament didn't want the human rig… (View Post)

Then there was Lord Mansfield in Somerset v Stewart in 1772 who famously decided that slavery had no basis in English law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_v_Stewart There is a great film about… (View Post)

You do realise that is the entire benefit of the English common law? The judge-created law that was the bedrock of the Britain that created an empire? The bedrock of the golden era many wish to go ba… (View Post)

Like yourself, I personally prefer the English concept of liberty and the common law (as an English qualified solicitor, that would be natural). However, the fact that the UK constitution contains no… (View Post)