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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 1d

Article here. ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR

It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 1d

Very good diagnosis of the ECHR debate here: and a key question as to how effectively to oppose the essentially vibes-based case against it (albeit with a veil of legitimacy from flimsy and bad faith, but apparently scholarly, publications by right wing think tanks with good media links).

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 1d

Calling law students interested in public law: the ALBA mooting competition is now under way. Details here. Academics/practitioners - please pass on. adminlaw.org.uk/event/the-ca...

The Catherine Callaghan Moot 2025 - ALBA

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 2d

Great piece by @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social in support of the ECHR: exactly the points I and others in @soclablaw.bsky.social have been making. labourlist.org/2025/10/paul...

Paul Nowak Column: 'The Left has a political and moral duty to defend the ECHR' - LabourList

In his barnstorming regular column TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak says all MPs have a moral and political duty o defend the ECHR.

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 3d

Theologians: discuss.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 5d

Lord Wolfson's legal advice to Kemi Badenoch on ECHR withdrawal has now been published. In this thread I'll highlight a few passages that stood out for me - not meant to be a full analysis (in [] are the paragraph numbers). /1

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How UK could leave ECHR

Withdrawal would allow EU to end criminal law enforcement co-operation

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

I recently referred in a written argument to a passage in a chapter I wrote in a book edited by the judge hearing the matter. (It was on a minor and non-controversial point!)

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Quite

Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 5d

Ehm...

1) Because it is an integral part of the UK - not an overseas territority etcs., - & UK wide law applies to it

2) Direct Rule is always a possibility

3) Nice to the Conversative & Unionist Party looking for yet another sea border, as that is so popular.

See caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

OK. Finding the mistakes and distortions can now begin.

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

NB too that Philp made it quite clear that there won’t be any “British Bill of Rights”: this is reactionary authoritarianism pure and simple.

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

3. “The ECHR commitment is only applicable to devolved bodies”. Wrong. The commitment is to incorporate into “NI law”, including NI law made and administered by UK institutions. (And given that UK institutions were responsible for the concerns, any other result would be bizarre.)

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

2. “The ECHR commitment is only to have rights ‘like’ the ECHR”. Wrong: there is no basis for saying that the agreement to incorporate “the ECHR” in NI law can be read as meaning “something the UK thinks is a bit like the ECHR”.

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Chris Philp on R4 yesterday making 3 false statements about the ECHR and the GFA.
1. “The ECHR is mentioned only in the Multi-Party Agreement not the UK/Ireland Agreement.”. Wrong: the latter agreement requires the UK to support the former: they can’t be pulled apart like that.

George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Summary here by @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social of the so far unpublished but apparently “circulating” “legal advice” by Lord Wolfson to the Tory party. open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

How UK could leave ECHR

Withdrawal would allow EU to end criminal law enforcement co-operation

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

I suspect that tedious but necessary work once the Wolfson “legal advice” is released will be to go through it and find other obvious errors and distortions.

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Joshua points out what looks like an obvious mistake (about Ziegler). The analysis of the GFA also seems to repeat the simply wrong (not “arguably wrong”: “wrong”) Policy Exchange paper de-bunked here. caj.org.uk/publications...

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 1998 & European Convention on Human Rights: Explainer - Committee on the Administration of Justice

This explainer sets out why the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is inseparable from the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (B/GFA). Contrary to recent claims, the UK cannot withdraw from th...

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Summary here by @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social of the so far unpublished but apparently “circulating” “legal advice” by Lord Wolfson to the Tory party. open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

How UK could leave ECHR

Withdrawal would allow EU to end criminal law enforcement co-operation

open.substack.com

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Neither mother nor grandmother …

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

(As it happens I’m not Jewish: but Americans - unlike most non-Jewish Brits - recognise that my surname is Jewish.)

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

Knowing who your real enemies are is generally wise.

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 5d

My own reaction to this is that the only time I’ve been subject to an anti-Semitic pile-on was on the Musk site. When I rejected the idea of “two-tier justice”: I was entertained by US adherents of the idea that Jews were behind the Great Replacement, with pictures in case I didn’t read English.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 8d

“Entirely mediated by English interests” is generous. As Edward Carson said in 1921:

“What a fool I was. I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was Ireland, in the political game that was to get the Conservative Party into power.”

Some things never change.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 8d

Look, nothing will get picked up of this car crash beyond Badenoch's howler over NI supposedly supporting Brexit, but read on, and her take on NI is entirely mediated by English interests. On the Legacy Act the only constituency that matters to her is army veterans:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 9d

The case that was “too big for the government to lose”

Because the government famously never loses big cases, which is why government ministers never get cross with judges who rule against them

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely.

dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10d

This is the judgment on the PPE/Medpro claim.

A cracking £122m win for the Government Legal Service

And is wonderful to see the government bringing a claim in contract against a shoddy supplier.

This does not happen often, and it should happen far more.

www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 10d

The government is currently reviewing the opt-out collective actions regime in competition law, which enables consumers to claim compensation from corporations accused of market abuse. How should we calibrate the balance between corporations and consumers?

rozenberg.substack.com/p/consumer-p...

Consumer protection?

Or limiting the burden on business? Which takes priority?

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 10d

A couple of efforts so far. More to come. And contributions welcome! labourlist.org/2025/09/what...; labourlist.org/2025/09/quit...

What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us? - LabourList

Every week seems to bring a new politician saying that they think the UK should leave the European…

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