The Government’s plans for divorce law reform are the lesser of two evils. But it needs to think more and act decisively to help couples who stay married.
“So you don’t arrive at a decision because you’re a barrister and therefore you favour the bar or because you’re a solicitor and therefore you favour the solicitors’ firms.”
Lord Mackay of Clashfern served as Lord Chancellor under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1987 and 1997. He is also a former Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. In the first case of its kind, a judge has recently ruled that the Christian owners of a guesthouse […]
Lord Mackay of Clashfern served as Lord Chancellor under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1987 and 1997. He is also a former Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Concerns about the Equality Bill – amendments to which the House of Lords has begun to consider this week […]
The Upper House confirmed last night (by 179 to 135 votes) its concern that legislation against violence towards gay people must not become prohibition of any criticism of homosexuality. The former Conservative Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, explained why Lord Waddington's free speech amendment – consistently supported by the Lords but rejected by Labour […]
During yesterday's debate on encouraging or assisting suicide peers warned that any move towards a right-to-die would be a slippery slope to a duty-to-die for many disabled, very sick and vulnerable people. Lord MacKay of Clashfern: "In my view, respect for and protection of human life are a defining characteristic of a civilised society. This […]
From medical prognoses through doctors’ assessments to non-existent codes of practice, the proposal lacks reliable safeguards.