Prosecutors could be forced to stop using evidence from victims and witnesses who do not attend court in another human rights battle between Britain and Europe. The case is the first significant clash between European judges and the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court, over who should dictate domestic law.
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Fresh battle looms between European human rights court and UK
ARCHIVE: The Cabinet Manual; controversy over codification
[First Published on Tuesday 21st December 2010]
The following post was first published on ConSoc’s previous site. It is recorded here as a window onto issues as they were at the time. For more up to date news on the Constitution and Constitutional reform, make sure to follow the ConSoc blog.
Published last week by the head of the civil service, the Draft Cabinet Manual is the UK’s first comprehensive guide to the functioning of the Executive; “a guide to the whole business of government seen from the perspective of the executive branch”.
Drawing together various existing pieces of guidance for ministerial behaviour, the Manual has been heralded by many as the first step towards a written constitution. Others criticise the document as a power grab by its civil servant drafters. The Constitution Society put these issues to the experts.
