1. Constitutional Reforms and the UK Government
... of UK governments. However, parliament remains sovereign and as the UK governing party dominates parliament, due to fusion of power, they are able to reverse the judiciary's decisions and propose new laws which can contradict the human rights act, by creating a declaration of incompatibility. In 2005, the Labour government introduced the constitutional reform act (CRA). This set out to reform ... role. This was replaced by the Lord Chief Justice – a non-political judge – currently Baron Roger Thomas. The CRA also established a new supreme court, which replaced the apex in the Lords...
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