Attacks on judges undermine law – Supreme Court president

In an interview with the BBC broadcast on the 16 February 2017 the President of the UK's Supreme Court Lord Neuberger criticised politicians for not doing enough to defend judges following a row over the Brexit legal challenge.

He said that unjustified attacks on the judiciary undermined the rule of law.

ESO: Background information: Article 50 'Brexit' Appeal. R (on the application of Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and associated references, 5-8 December 2016. Ruling, 24 January 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/article-50-brexit-appeal-r-on-the-application-of-miller-and-dos-santos-v-secretary-of-state-for-exiting-the-european-union-and-associated-references-5-8-december-2016-ruling-24-january-2017/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Blog: IfG, 27.02.17: Ministers reflect: on the judiciary https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/ministers-reflect-judiciary

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