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ISSN 2050-1706 (Print) ISSN 2050-1714 (Online) © 2014 Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law and Contributors This issue should be cited as (2014) 3(1) CJICL http://www.cjicl.org.uk i ii Editorial Board 2013--14 Editors-in-Chief Daniel Clarry CameronMiles ValentinJeutner Managing Editors of the UK Supreme Court Annual Review ChristopherSargeant EstelleWolfers Managing Editors JasonAllen EmmaBickerstaffe NaomiHart AnaJúliaMaurício StephanieMullen SidneyRichards JosephSampson NigelStone Matthew Windsor Secretary Treasurer SarahHack YinHarnLee Editors AnjaliAnchayil NikitaAppaswami AngelikaBialowas MiriamBoxberg ChristineBarthelemy ChintanChandrachud TheaChesterfield MoonChoi RonaldCriscuolo MatthewDavie Mariano De Albo Uribe Anshu De Silva Wijeyeratne ZsófiaDeli CalumDocherty AkanshaDubey MaximillianEvans StephanieForte CatherineGascoigne Sondre Torp Helmersen Bruno Gelinas-Faucher AnnaGrunseit JessieIngle DafniLima SoteriosLoizou EmilijaMarcinkeviciute VedikaMittal AntonMoiseienko LilitNagapetyan EdwardBéchard-Torres PierrePêcheux AlexanderPsaltis DavidPusztai KavanaRamaswamy ClaraRauchegger NiccolòRidi AliceRuzza JessicaStaples MatthewKennedy YawenYang JoshuaZell iii Academic Review Board Honorary Member and Senior Treasurer PROFESSOR JAMES CRAWFORD AC SC LLD, Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge and Barrister at Matrix Chambers Members DR GEERT DE BAERE, Assistant Professor MS MARIE-CLAIRE CORDONIER SEG- at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven GER, Affiliated Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of DR FREYA BAETENS, Associate Professor, Cambridge and Senior Legal Expert, Interna- Director of Studies, at Leiden University Col- tional Development Law Organization lege, Head of the Research Centre at Leiden University and a Visiting Professor at the DR ANTHONY CULLEN, Lecturer in Law, World Trade Institute in Berne Middlesex University DR JOHN BARKER, Fellow of the Lauter- DR DOMINIC DE COGAN, Leverhulme pacht Centre for International Law, Univer- Early Career Research Fellow, University of sity of Cambridge and Fellow of Hughes Hall Birmingham PROFESSOR CATHERINE BARNARD, Pro- PROFESSOR ZACHARY DOUGLAS, As- fessor and Jean Monnet Chair of European sociate Professor at the Graduate Institute, Union Law at the University of Cambridge, Geneva, and Barrister at Matrix Chambers Co-director of the Centre for European Legal Studies and Fellow of Trinity College DR MATTHEW DYSON, College Lecturer in Law at Trinity College, University of Cam- DR LORAND BARTELS, University Senior bridge Lecturer, University of Cambridge and Fel- low of Trinity Hall PROFESSOR CHARLES GARRAWAY, Fel- low, Human Rights Centre, University of Es- PROFESSOR JOHN BELL, Professor of Law, sex Director of the Centre for Public Law, Uni- versity of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke DR MARKUS GEHRING, University Lec- College turer, DeputyDirectoroftheCentreforEuro- pean Legal Studies, University of Cambridge DR EIRIK BJORGE, Shaw Foundation Junior and Fellow of Hughes Hall Research Fellow, Jesus College, University of Oxford iv DR JOANNA GOMULA-CRAWFORD, Fel- DR ALEX MILLS, Senior Lecturer, University low of the Lauterpacht Centre for Interna- College London tional Law, University of Cambridge and Vis- iting Fellow at Queen Mary, University of MS JASMINE MOUSSA, PhD Candidate, London Magdalene College, University of Cambridge DR TOM GRANT, Research Fellow, Lauter- DR EVA NANOPOULOS, Affiliated Lecturer, pacht Centre for International Law, Univer- University of Cambridge, Bob Alexander Col- sity of Cambridge and Fellow of Wolfson Col- lege Lecturer and Fellow of King's College lege PROFESSOR LORNE NEUDORF, Assistant PROFESSOR CHRISTINE GRAY, Profes- Professor of Law, Thompson Rivers Univer- sor of International Law, University of Cam- sity bridge and Fellow of Trinity College MS PENELOPE NEVILL, Tutor, King's Col- DR DOUGLAS GUILFOYLE, Reader in In- lege London and Barrister, 20 Essex Street ternational Law, University College London DR SARAH NOUWEN, University Lecturer, DR PETER HARRIS, Reader in Tax Law, Uni- University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pem- versity of Cambridge and Fellow of Churchill broke College College DR ROGER O'KEEFE,UniversitySeniorLec- DR GLEIDER I HERNÁNDEZ, Lecturer and turer and Deputy Director, Lauterpacht Cen- Deputy DirectorofPostgraduateStudies, Uni- tre for International Law, University of Cam- versity of Durham bridge DR JESSIE HOHMANN, Lecturer in Law, DR ALEX OUDE ELFERINK, Deputy Di- Queen Mary, University of London rector and Associate Professor, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, Utrecht Uni- DR DANIEL JOYCE, Lecturer, University of versity New South Wales DR TIINA PAJUSTE, Research Associate, MS JODIE KIRSHNER, University Lecturer, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peter- University of Cambridge house DR KATE PARLETT, Associate, Freshfields DR FRANCESCO MESSINEO, Lecturer, Bruckhaus Deringer University of Kent and Associate Legal Of- ficer at the International Court of Justice DR SURABHI RANGANATHAN, Junior Re- search Fellow in Public International Law, DR MARKO MILANOVIC, Lecturer, Uni- King's College, University of Cambridge versity of Nottingham v DR PIPPA ROGERSON, University Senior MR CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, Lecturer in Lecturer, University of Cambridge and Fel- Law, London School of Economics low of Gonville and Caius College DR KIMBERLEY TRAPP, Lecturer, Univer- DR SOLÈNE ROWAN, Lecturer, London sity College London School of Economics DR SOPHIE TURENNE, Affiliated Lecturer, MS EVGENIYA RUBININA, Associate, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Mur- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ray Edwards PROFESSOR PHILIPPE SANDS QC, Pro- DR ISABELLE VAN DAMME, Référendaire, fessor of Law, University College London and European Court of Justice Barrister at Matrix Chambers PROFESSOR GUGLIELMO VERDIRAME, MR ANDREW SANGER, Volterra Fietta Ju- Professor of Law, King's College, University nior Research Lecturer, Newnham College, of London University of Cambridge DR SANTIAGO VILLALPANDO, Adjunct MR DANIEL SAXON, Assistant Professor, ProfessorofLaw,NewYorkUniversitySchool Leiden University of Law and Legal Officer at the Codification Division, United Nations Office of Legal Af- DR JILLAINE SEYMOUR, Fellow and Col- fairs lege Lecturer in Law, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge DR MICHAEL WAIBEL, University Lecturer and Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for In- PROFESSOR MALCOLM SHAW QC, Re- ternational Law, University of Cambridge and search Professor in International Law, Uni- Fellow of Jesus College versity of Leicester, Senior Fellow, Lauter- pacht Centre for International Law, Uni- PROFESSOR MARC WELLER, Professor of versity of Cambridge and Barrister at Essex InternationalLaw andInternationalConstitu- Court Chambers tional Studies and Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of MR BART SMIT DUIJZENTKUNST, PhD Cambridge Candidate, Gonville & Caius College, Univer- sity of Cambridge DR RALPH WILDE, Reader, University Col- lege London PROFESSOR JOHN SPENCER QC LLD, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge PROFESSOR SARAH WORTHINGTON QC and Fellow of Selwyn College (HON), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College vi MS RUMIANA YOTOVA, PhD Candidate, DRSHENG ZHANG,Lecturer, Xi'anJiaotong University of Cambridge University School of Law, People's Republic of China vii Volume 3 CJICL [2014] Issue 1 The UK Supreme Court Annual Review Table of Contents Editor's Introduction 1 Christopher Sargeant Foreword 4 Lady Justice Gloster Part I: Commentary and Reflections Lord Rodger—Jurist then Judge 11 Professor Hector MacQueen The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the 21st 30 Century Lord Neuberger Institutional Judicial Independence and the Privy Council 46 Daniel Clarry Decision-making in the UK's Top Court 77 Professor Alan Paterson Who Guards the Guardians? 100 Lady Hale Two Steps Backward and One Step Forward: The