The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland plans to protect judges from being drawn into politics, according to a press release issued yesterday.
Those are the words used to introduce a new balance between government, the judiciary and citizens. Cabinet ministers have been seen acting unlawfully by the courts and the Government’s response is, according to shadow Lord Chancellor David Lammy, “sweeping and dangerous”.
“There has been briefing from Johnson’s Downing Street of the intention “to get the judges sorted”, and there can be little doubt that the review is part of an attempt to hoard more power in No. 10,” Mr Lammy said in Parliament yesterday.
This is also confirmed in the above mentioned press release where Mr Buckland states that “The government will consider defining exactly how and when a use of power is automatically ‘null and void’.”
“The question is whether we feel comfortable placing all our trust in politicians, or prefer our widely respected and independent courts to continue act as a bulwark against potential abuses by an overreaching executive,” comments transparency campaigner Gina Miller.
The Government has an online survey open until 29 April 2021 on these proposals.
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