SC cant protect rights

• incompatible statements are not binding upon parliament
• Rights

  Have better legal standing and greater legitimacy when confirmed by Parliament Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

  • Clarified and confirmed the common law 'right to roam' in the countryside
• The government has frequently sought to limit the scope of the Freedom of Information Act


  Following the court decision on royal correspondence, the Freedom of Information Act was amended to exempt the royal family from the scope of the Act