Grieve for the rule of law

Former attorney general lays into Conservative lawyers

The former Conservative attorney general Dominic Grieve KC has added his voice to the lawyers and retired judges who have criticised the justice secretary’s Bill of Rights Bill, which Dominic Raab says will have its main Commons debate “shortly”.

Grieve, who served as a Conservative MP for 22 years and was attorney general from 2010 to 2014, wondered whe…