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When the Human Rights Act had been passed by Parliament but had still
to take effect, the Lord Advocate in Scotland expressed the hope that
the English and Scottish courts would never have to use the power in
the Act to declare a law incompatible with the European Convention on
Human Rights.
In similar vein, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, talks of
the Act as "a strong magnetic field" across English law, emphasising
its interpretative rather than its declaratory effect. It is natural
enough that the Government's law officers should have such hopes but
perhaps more surprisingly that they are shared by eminent human rights
lawyers. Lord Lester of Herne Hill, QC, has said in this supplement
that the Human Rights Act "will have to be interpreted so as to weave
Convention rights into our law, rather than tearing gaping holes in
it" if it is to succeed.
Source: Times, The (UK)
Author: Francis Wilkinson, Chief Constable of Gwent from 1997 to 1999
to take effect, the Lord Advocate in Scotland expressed the hope that
the English and Scottish courts would never have to use the power in
the Act to declare a law incompatible with the European Convention on
Human Rights.
In similar vein, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, talks of
the Act as "a strong magnetic field" across English law, emphasising
its interpretative rather than its declaratory effect. It is natural
enough that the Government's law officers should have such hopes but
perhaps more surprisingly that they are shared by eminent human rights
lawyers. Lord Lester of Herne Hill, QC, has said in this supplement
that the Human Rights Act "will have to be interpreted so as to weave
Convention rights into our law, rather than tearing gaping holes in
it" if it is to succeed.
Source: Times, The (UK)
Author: Francis Wilkinson, Chief Constable of Gwent from 1997 to 1999
