Common Law Post-ECHR: What Lord Briggs’ Anniversary Lecture Tells Us – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted December 10th, 2025 in news by Simon

‘At the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Human Rights Act, Lord Briggs of Westbourne delivered a lecture that quietly advanced a vision of what a post-HRA constitutional framework might look like. Delivered at a moment when political discussion of withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights has gained real momentum, the speech did more than merely commemorate the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). Titled, “25 Years of the Human Rights Act Protecting Human Rights: The Common Law as the Starting Point”, the analysis aimed to celebrate the Act and positioned the common law at the centre of domestic rights protection.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th December 2025

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