And I'm too poor a constitutional scholar to know whether the government of the day may in effect ignore the expressed will of Parliament by simply failing to seek and obtain Royal Assent. (slaw.ca)
Giving judgment in that case, Lord Phillips had expressed the view that had the regime been enacted by an Act of Parliament, the principle of legality could not have prevailed over the clear and unambiguous will of Parliament. (ukhumanrightsblog.com)
Armed with these quasi constitutional statutes, judges can now in some circumstances apply the law in ways which are contrary to the unambiguous will of Parliament (albeit in human rights cases via the» shrewd compromise» of declarations of incompatibility). (ukhumanrightsblog.com)