Key Relationships: Parliament & The Courts

Question 1

constitutional reform act 2005

Answer 1

1. created formal separation between judiciary & legislature
2. ended lord chancellor judicial role
3. established Supreme Court to replace H.O.L
4. created judicial appointment commission

Question 2

judges as law makers

Answer 2

1. statutory interpretation, mainly in HRA 1998
2. common law makers
   3 courts exercise restraints (declining to create tort of privacy) ( Kaye v Robertson [1991] )

Question 3

statutory interpretation

Answer 3

process which courts interpret and apply legislation