Court documents obtained by the Telegraph show that Bridget Phillipson tried to pull the plug on the Freedom of Speech Act as one of her first acts as Education Secretary.
Bridget Phillipson is bracing for a High Court showdown as the Free Speech Union gears up to challenge her decision to halt free speech laws designed to protect academics from cancel culture.
The Free Speech Union has formally begun its judicial review of the Government's decision to 'pause' the Freedom of Speech Act, naming Prof Arif Ahmed, the Govt's 'free speech tsar' as an interested party.
Alexis Quinn, the mother of a 14 year-old with SEN at a private school, is taking legal action against the Government for imposing VAT on school fees, claiming it breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Free Speech Union has launched a legal challenge against Bridget Phillipson after she halted the Freedom of Speech Act just days before it was due to come into force.
Law prof David McGrogan analyses the Supreme Court's decision in Finch v Surrey County Council, which torpedoed a new oil well, and says it's typical of the way democratic decision making has been turned over to 'experts'.
Civil servants are attempting to stop Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan by mounting a legal challenge to the legislation, arguing that international law is binding on them.
In the Judicial Review of 5G last week, Michael Mansfield KC challenged the Government for its "failure to inform the public about the risks of 5G" and the lack of "investigation of any adverse health effects".
The Court of Appeal has recently given permission for a judicial review challenging the Government for “failure to give adequate information to the public about the risks of 5G". Gillian Jamieson looks at why.
The result of deploying judicial review as a weapon of political struggle, as has happened in recent decades, was always going to be that the courts would end up having their wings clipped.
