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)

Sir Edward Coke, the Lord Chief Justice, in 1610 stated in a judgment (Bonham's Case): "the common law will control Acts of Parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void; for wh… (View Post)

Here's the House of Lords in 1964 extending the common law concept of "natural justice" to administrative decisions of the Police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_v_Baldwin (View Post)