The 2019 Conservative manifesto promised to review the relationship between government, parliament and the courts. In particular, ministers had concerns about the growth of judicial review. Since then, there have been consultations on judicial review and the Human Rights Act, the Judicial Review and Courts Act has reached the statute book, and the government has proposed a new Bill of Rights. Simultaneously, some detect a ‘chilling’ effect on the courts. So, in the third year of the Johnson premiership, how much rebalancing has taken place, and what might still lie ahead? SpeakersJoanna Cherry QC MP – Scottish National Party MP for Edinburgh South West and former party spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs Sir Bob Neill MP – Conservative MP for Bromley and Chislehurst, and Chair of the Commons Justice CommitteeHelen Mountfield QC – barrister and Principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford Martha Spurrier, Director, LibertyChair: Joshua Rozenberg QC (Hon) – legal commentator and journalist
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