“The Cambridge Private Law Centre last week hosted its annual Freshfields lecture. Lord Sumption addressed us on ‘Government by decree — Covid-19 and the Constitution’. This lecture has received considerable media attention and already been mentioned on this blog. (A link to the lecture and a transcript is here.) One of Lord Sumption’s major claims was that the Covid-19 regulations that have restricted the free movement of the UK population were, in many instances, ultra vires the empowering legislation. I will not engage with that controversial claim here …” (more)
[Jonathan Morgan, UK Constitutional Law Association, 3 November]
First posted 2020-11-03 19:28:33
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