Common Law Rights (Cont.)

Materially this may make little practical difference, with the HRA simply buttressing the common law. _Reynolds v. Times Newspaper _[1999] 3 WLR 1010, 1032a per Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead (Free speech at common law).

In the _Regina (Saadi) v. SSHD _[2001] EWCA Civ 1512 per Lord Phillips MR:

‘We started this judgment by remarking that it was artificial to consider English domestic law and the Human Rights Convention separately. The Human Rights Act has made the Convention part of the constitution of the United Kingdom, but the Convention sets out values which our laws have reflected over centuries.’ Para 68.