Claim 4441860cChecked 09 Jul 2026
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“Since Magna Carta, we have had an evolving but very stable and sound judicial system.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
Magna Carta was an important milestone in English rule-of-law history, and the English/Welsh legal system has evolved for more than 1,000 years. (parliament.uk) However, the statement is too sweeping if taken literally: royal justice and the courts predated Magna Carta, the higher courts were completely reorganised by the Judicature Acts of 1873 and 1875, and the House of Lords’ appellate role was transferred to the UK Supreme Court in 2009. (parliament.uk) So the broad idea of a long-evolving legal tradition is right, but “very stable” overstates the continuity, and “since Magna Carta” is not a precise description of when the system began. (parliament.uk) Sources: UK Parliament (Magna Carta; Early law courts; Judicature Acts; House of Lords judicial role); Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (History of the judiciary in England and Wales); UK Supreme Court (The Court and Legal System).
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I think the fact that, whilst our history is not perfect – no country’s is – I think we have in the last few centuries contributed a lot more good than bad to the world. I think the way that we – through civil war and evolution – put together a form of parliamentary democracy that was viewed by the rest of the world as a civilised model to adopt. And, I think, to have had, since Magna Carta, an evolving but very stable and sound judicial system that actually gives the individual of this country much greater liberty and protection from the state than virtually anywhere else in the world.
I see those things as being very important, and I see those things as being very much under threat.
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| [1] | supremecourt.uk |
| [2] | supremecourt.uk |