UK needs judges to limit government power, says Lord Kerr

Longest-serving supreme court justice says healthy democracy requires checks on ministersLord Kerr: ‘respectable arguments’ for both jury and non-jury trialsThe last thing the country needs is a government in which ministers exercise “unbridled power”, the UK’s longest serving supreme court justice has said.In a forthright defence of the courts system, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, who stood down at the end of last month, said judicial checks on the government were part of a healthy democracy. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/oct/19/uk-needs-judges-to-limit-government-power-says-lord-kerr #law #northern_ireland #uk_news #politics #uk_supreme_court #human_rights