Leading lawyer warns Sir Keir’s plan to recognise Palestinian state may have ‘unintended consequences’

A group of 38 members of the House of Lords, including some of the UK's most eminent lawyers, issued the alert in a letter to Attorney General Lord Hermer.

Sir Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September if conditions are not met.

Senior lawyers criticising Starmer’s pledge have cited the Montevideo convention, which sets out four criteria

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's proposal to recognize a Palestinian state would break established international law, a group of peers told the government.

Telegraph poll reveals vast majority do not support recognising statehood

Amid a growing backlash over the Prime Minister's pledge - plus warnings that he could be breaking international law - he refused to back calls to make a hostage deal a main…

The UK may soon find itself in the invidious position of fighting for a people whose sovereignty it does not recognise

Leading lawyer warns Sir Keir’s plan to recognise Palestinian state may have ‘unintended consequences’

Whether the state should have proscribed the anti-Israel group is secondary to the public order risk they may cause

Starmer and Lord Hermer are both lawyers to their fingertips. Yet they have conjured up a policy that is legally incoherent