Ex-Supreme Court judge Lord Jonathan Sumption today called on Britain to learn to live alongside Covid-19 because 'there have been far worse diseases'. Lord Jonathan, who is also a medieval historian, ...

It comes after the Met Police and Manchester Police announced on Wednesday that anyone chanting controversial slogans such as ...

Lord Sumption concedes: “English law has generally been on the side of freedom of expression… it has always drawn the line at threatening language which is likely to provoke a breach of the peace… If ...

Lord Sumption emphasises the importance of the political process over judicial intervention in policymaking: “The correct route to resolve [policy disputes] is through politics, not the courts,” ...

A former leading UK judge has launched an unprecedented attack on the US Supreme Court, claiming its “legitimacy has been gravely undermined” by being so politically partisan. Lord Sumption, a former ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption delivered the 2025 Shrieval Lecture in Hereford, discussing free speech, social media, and ...

A former Supreme Court judge has accused the National Trust of adopting a 'North Korean approach' to democracy through a controversial online voting system. Lord Sumption said the charity, which has ...

Good Morning Britain's Piers Morgan challenged Lord Sumption on the show on Monday, over his comments about not all lives being of "equal value" amid discussion of the coronavirus lockdown measures.

Lord Sumption. Credit: Bloomberg Mercury. On Sunday's BBC News former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption intervened in the civil liberties debate and the Covid-19 lockdown. In effect Lord Sumption's ...

Lord Sumption has railed against suggestions of even tougher restrictions in the country's national lockdown. A new Good Morning Britain poll suggested that the UK wants stronger restrictions, with ...

Lord Sumption has been a fierce critic of the government’s decision to implement the draconian measures ever since the shutdown was triggered by Boris Johnson six weeks ago. And the 71-year-old ...

BBC podcaster Deborah James has had 17 tumours throughout her life (Picture: Rex Features) A former Supreme Court judge and anti-lockdown campaigner has told a woman with stage four bowel cancer that ...