A senior judge has said Prime Minster Boris Johnson could be jailed for contempt of court – if he keeps his word. Sir John Laws has predicted a return to the Supreme Court and jail for the prime minister if refuses to seek a Brexit extension by the October 19 deadline stipulated in the Benn […]
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Boris Johnson faces a day of destiny on Tuesday after a court ruled his advice to the Queen to prorogue parliament was unlawful “because it had the purpose of stymying Parliament.” ‘Johnson lied to the Queen’ “In effect, the court held that Boris Johnson lied to the Queen,” said legal expert David Allen Green, while […]
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The UK could cancel its departure from the EU at the stroke of a pen, a leading European law expert has said. European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona said it can be done without permission from the other 27 EU states. He had been asked by a group of Scottish politicians […]
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Campaigners have been given the all clear by a judge to challenge the Home Office in court over fees charged to register a child as a British citizen. The Project for Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) can now apply for a judicial review over the legality of the £1,012 charge. The group says […]
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Fines of £135,000 have been imposed on Brexit campaign organisation Leave.EU and an insurance company owned by Arron Banks. They were announced by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) this week after an investigation into breaches of electors’ online privacy. Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance, trading as GoSkippy, were each hit with £60,000 fines for breaching electronic […]
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A criminal inquiry has been launched into suspected anti-Semitic hate crimes in the Labour Party, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick confirmed today. The investigation began after London’s LBC Radio obtained an internal Labour report listing 45 cases of alleged anti-Semitic social media posts by members. It passed the file to the Metropolitan Police in September […]
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Home Secretary Sajid David has been accused of exposing two alleged Islamic State fighters to the risk of the death penalty in the United States. Javid failed to seek assurances that the men would not face the death penalty if they were prosecuted in the US to avoid a rift between the two countries, the […]
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