Law Lords

Britain's Law Lords had previously ruled that Mr. Qatada could be deported.

Abu Qatada's Human Rights 2012

But the Court is staffed by people who were Law Lords barely six months ago, so it could well take a generational turnover before we find a radical difference.

Jason Smith and the Court Tunku Varadarajan 2010

But the Court is staffed by people who were Law Lords barely six months ago, so it could well take a generational turnover before we find a radical difference.

Jason Smith and the Court Tunku Varadarajan 2010

But the Court is staffed by people who were Law Lords barely six months ago, so it could well take a generational turnover before we find a radical difference.

Jason Smith and the Court Tunku Varadarajan 2010

By their ruling, the Law Lords made it clear that the rights of the individual thus trumped the rights of citizens to be protected from terrorism.

The 2009

Sands himself played a part in the landmark UK extradition case against General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, in which the UK's Law Lords ruled that even a former head of state was not immune to prosecution by a foreign country (Spain) for torture and other crimes against humanity.

What to Do About the Torturers? Cole, David 2009

The policy began with the imprisonment of 17 men in Belmarsh high-security prison, but when, after three years, the Law Lords ruled that their imprisonment was in contravention of the Human Rights Act, the government responded by introducing control orders and deportation bail, both of which involve draconian restrictions that amount to house arrest.

Andy Worthington: Britain's Guantanamo 2009

By their ruling, the Law Lords made it clear that the rights of the individual thus trumped the rights of citizens to be protected from terrorism.

The Law Lords make Britain unsafe yet again 2009

By their ruling, the Law Lords made it clear that the rights of the individual thus trumped the rights of citizens to be protected from terrorism.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

The Law Lords argued last week that the right of the accused to challenge their witnesses is also a basic tenet of British law.

U.K. Government Trying to Save Anonymous Testimony 2008