When the government announces a ‘crackdown’ or some new tough policy on immigration or asylum, it is important […]
Introduction It is a rare case where the UK Government initiates a judicial review against an independent public […]
SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (SLSA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2026 30 Mar 2026– 01 Apr 2026 University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton […]
UCL, January 14th 2026 UKCLA Annual General Meeting The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person […]
The UKCLA blog will be on its annual break over the Christmas period – the blog will be […]
Recently, the Scottish Government published A Fresh Start with Independence, restating the case for autonomy and outlining aspects […]
In July 2025, the Divisional Court in R (Campbell) v Attorney General [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin), held that […]
On 27 November 2025 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in IA v SHHD [2025] EWCA […]
Introduction At the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Human Rights Act, Lord Briggs of Westbourne delivered a lecture […]
On Wednesday 10 December, which is also Human Rights Day, Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe […]
The era of Conservative Party government from 2015–2024 was one of great constitutional turmoil in the United Kingdom. […]
Between 14 and 16 October 2025, the UK Supreme Court heard the appeal of the Secretary of State […]
Committees, scrutiny and the distribution of power at Holyrood From when the Scottish Parliament was first established, much […]
Backlash against the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is heavily […]
Administrative justice has traditionally been evaluated through the prism of categories constructed by the state, usually by reference […]
The Crime and Policing Bill was introduced to Parliament on 25 February 2025. The Bill builds on the Labour […]
Proposals are sought for papers for a workshop on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The workshop, which will […]
LIMITED PRECEDENT SYSTEM AND THE IMPACT OF COMMON LAW ON ADJUDICATION: EVIDENCE FROM CURIA OF HUNGARY The Global […]
Following the horrific antisemitic attack at a Manchester synagogue in October, the government has announced plans to amend […]
The Attorney General is one of the most powerful and influential officers in the British Constitution. They are the chief adviser […]
ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience, 6-7 November […]
The Attorney-General is an ancient office that is endowed with a very wide range of discretionary powers and […]
From 14 to 16 October 2025 the UK Supreme Court is due to hear an important case on […]
Two judgments have so far been handed down in the matter of R (Ammori) v Secretary of State […]
It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from […]
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 16 September 2025. It gives effect to […]
Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May 2026, University of Manchester, United Kingdom The public law team at the […]
SEA, SURF, SAND: THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE’S DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES TO CARIBBEAN CONSTITUTIONALISM DURING THE GLOBAL SOUTH NETWORK […]
In the UK and Commonwealth, an oath of allegiance is a promise to be loyal to the monarch, […]
On 26 August 2025 Nigel Farage (Leader of Reform UK) and Zia Yusuf (now Head of Policy at […]
THE GLOBAL SOUTH NETWORK (GSN) NORTH-SOUTH JUDICIAL DIALOGUE II (ONLINE) THE HELLENIC COUNCIL OF STATE (THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE […]
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is now in the House of Lords. After months of frantic activity […]
The responsibility for holding the government to account for its failings is the core constitutional role of a […]
On 31 July, the final day of Trinity term, and so of the legal year, there was published […]
On 22 July 2025, the Crown Estate (Wales) Bill passed unopposed through report stage in the House of […]
On 17 August 2023 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) put the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on broad notice about the […]
Introduction In its judgments in Continuity Bill and Treaty Incorporation, the Supreme Court identified what we describe in […]
Introduction On Tuesday last week it emerged that a mind-boggling data breach by the UK government – and […]
Introduction The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (‘CCA’) is, from a constitutional perspective, a fairly unassuming, if […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe […]
On 15th July 2025, the UK Government (UKG) published its response to its review and public consultation on […]
The UKCLA blog will shortly take its annual summer break, running from Monday 28 July to Monday 1 […]
The ‘Executive Summary’ of the report of Brian Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1 opens […]
Despite the Ministry of Justice releasing some helpful but limited data relating to judicial reviews, it is hard […]
In a series of posts on this blog, the legal historian Sanjit Nagi has outlined both a history […]
How should the state be held to account when it funds and organises essential services—but then denies responsibility […]
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe […]
In September 2024, the Business and Trade Secretary (‘the Secretary of State’)suspended licences authorising the export of items […]
Over the past three decades or so, comparative constitutional law has greatly advanced both as a site of […]
Over the last few weeks criticism of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR/the Convention) and suggestions that […]
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