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http://data.cimple...lizedReviewRating	not credible
schema:url	http://fullfact.org/law/to-kerr-is-human/
schema:text	Following the unanimous decision of the UK Supreme Court that the government’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful, there has been some discussion of the judges who heard the case. The Conservative politician and former MEP David Campbell Bannerman seemed to claim on Twitter that Lord Kerr, one of the eleven justices who heard the prorogation case, was the author of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. Article 50 is the section of the Treaty on European Union that sets out the legal mechanism for a member state leaving the EU. This is wrong. The Lord Kerr who sits on the Supreme Court is a different Lord Kerr to the Lord Kerr who was an author of Article 50. The Supreme Court’s Lord Kerr is Brian Kerr, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. The Lord Kerr who was involved with Article 50 is John Kerr, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, a career diplomat and former UK Permanent Representative to the EU. Between 2002 and 2003, before his peerage, he served as Secretary-General of the “Convention on the Future of Europe”, the body which drafted the text that ultimately formed the basis for the Lisbon Treaty, including Article 50. Information wrongly describing John Kerr as one of the Supreme Court justices was also added to Wikipedia, where it was live for just over an hour.
schema:mentions	European Council Supreme Court of the United Kingdom dbpedia:Brian_Kerr,_Baron_Kerr_of_Tonaghmore Acts of Union 1707 Member of the European Parliament Wikipedia Secretary-General of the United Nations Withdrawal from the European Union Treaty of Lisbon Diplomat Northern Ireland European Union Twitter United Kingdom Permanent representative John Kerr dbpedia:Prorogation_in_the_United_Kingdom dbpedia:David_Campbell_Bannerman dbpedia:Brian_Kerr_(Irish_football_manager) dbpedia:Kinlochard
schema:reviewRating	Wrong. There are two Lord Kerrs. John Kerr, who was one of the authors of Article 50, does not sit on the Supreme Court. That’s Brian Kerr.
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schema:datePublished	2019-09-25 (xsd:date)
schema:inLanguage	English
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