How Powerful is the supreme court and the relationship with the executive

How Powerful Is The Supreme Court 

• Supreme court is more powerful after constitutional reform act of 2005
• However often in practice this dosent make them that powerful, can only advise government 
• Supreme court also has a clear set of guidlines in the Human Rights Act 1998 
• However this right can be bypassed, Labour Government with Iraq in 2004
• Supreme court is also very independant of the government, Brexit Bill in 2016 
• However they do often find in favour of the government, Gibson Inquiry 
• Has to wait for appeals to be launched before it can actually perform a review, for example the M vs Home office 
• However once Judicial reviews have been launched they do have the power to say no to the government, found in favour of M not the home office 
• The Sovreignty of parliament means that they can easily overturn decisions by the supreme court, For example the brexit bill was eventually passed by parliament 
• However supreme court can advise the parliament to change its mind, Gibson Inquiry 
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