Hale: I regret that brooch

But most contributors to new book say court was not trying to trap PM in its web

Lady Hale has expressed regret at her decision to wear a spider brooch when she ruled in September 2019 that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament for five weeks was unlawful and of no effect. As president of the UK Supreme Court, she was delivering a unanimous judgment in the case known as Miller 2.

Hale’s admission was made in a lecture she de…