Michael Howard claims judges ‘distorted’ law in prorogation ruling
Former Tory leader calls for legal reform because judges ‘reach results they want’
The former Tory leader Michael Howard has criticised the supreme court for ruling that Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was “unlawful” and called for a reform of the judiciary.
Judges in England and Wales have long been permitted to interpret law on a case-by-case basis, although they are bound by precedent, but Howard claimed that they sometimes “distort” law to “reach they result they want to achieve”.