David Allen Green

The FT’s David Allen Green takes us on guided tour of the post-Brexit EU-UK trade agreement

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FT legal commentator David Allen Green’s guided tour of the Northern Ireland Protocol bill

The writer, a lawyer and commentator, is an FT contributing editor From a legal perspective, the Scottish government should be disappointed with Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment that an independence referendum cannot be held without the consent of Westminster and Whitehall. Nicola Sturgeon’s government wants to hold a plebiscite on the union of Scotland and England without permission from London. The court ruled that there was a serious case to be heard and the UK government’s two attempts t…

The writer, a former government lawyer, is an FT contributing editor The UK Supreme Court has held that the Rwanda removals policy is unlawful — but it has deftly done so without depending on the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) or the Human Rights Act. Instead, the decision rests on broad principles of international law which are not opposed by the government. The decision is unanimous. In the summary provided by the president of the court, Lord Reed, extensive reference was made to…

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