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Why do you think that the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, has referred to the independence of the judiciary as ‘a fundamental article of Britain’s unwritten constitution’ and as ‘a critical aspect of the doctrine of separation of powers’? To what extent, if any, do you think that the reforms set out in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 are likely to lead to the better protection of judicial independence than has hitherto been the case?

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Why do you think that the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, has referred to the independence of the judiciary as ‘a fundamental article of Britain’s unwritten constitution’ and as ‘a critical aspect of the doctrine of separation of powers’? To what extent, if any, do you think that the reforms set out in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 are likely to lead to the better protection of judicial independence than has hitherto been the case?