Mance eviscerates Raab’s bill

Former senior judge warns government not to unbalance constitution

One of the UK’s most senior retired judges has said the justice secretary’s proposed reform of human rights could potentially put the United Kingdom in breach of the human rights convention.

In a lecture last week, Lord Mance said that Dominic Raab’s Bill of Rights Bill could “bias or distort” the proper balance between parliamentary sovereignty and the …