The Overseas Operation (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons in March 2020 […]
During a pandemic, it seems like a good idea for politicians to ‘follow the science.’ But what does […]
Brexit déjà vu On 14 September 2020, the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill (‘UKIMB’ or ‘the Bill’) passed […]
Speaking in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister described the controversial provisions of the UK Internal Market […]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau opined in Émile that “[t]he universal spirit of the Laws of all countries is always to […]
Amidst increasing concern about the UK Government’s intentions in respect of implementation of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement and […]
Administrative discretion has long troubled administrative and public lawyers. While some protest that its presence leads to arbitrariness […]
Note from the editors: We have been asked to circulate the Call for Evidence for the Independent Review […]
On 21 July 2020, Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee published its long delayed report on ‘the Russian threat […]
The curious case of the expanding Government Before they entered government, both Dominic Cummings and Dominic Raab called […]
Democracy and Human rights During a National Crisis or State of Emergency Keele Law Review The Keele Law […]
The Chinese Government has recently enacted a piece of National Security Law (‘the Law’) on Hong Kong, establishing […]
Readers of this blog will be aware of the dispute between the Scottish and UK Governments over who […]
Gareth Evans: Debating Welsh Independence: The Political and Constitutional Pathways to a Referendum
On 15 July 2020, on the final day of sitting before summer recess, the Senedd considered a series […]
On 18 March 2020, the UK Government cancelled GCSE and A level exams for students in England. The […]
The Ministry of Justice issued a consultation paper on Retained EU Case Law on 2 July 2020, seeking […]
Thank you to everyone who has sent in posts during the 2019-2020 academic year. It’s certainly been busy! […]
Part One of this post presented the background to the ‘Third Direction’ case, which concerns a recently disclosed […]
In responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments around the world have imposed unprecedented “lockdowns”. They decided, on the […]
At the heart of the Supreme Court judgment in Serafin v Malkiewicz was the question of whether the […]
The local lockdown in Leicester was announced on the 29th June and began on the 30th, despite the […]
A century ago, Dicey distinguished between laws and conventions of the constitution on the basis that the latter […]
Ordinary legislation is different in its content and method of enactment from emergency legislation. But the risk is […]
The ‘Third Direction case’, soon to be brought before the Court of Appeal, concerns the lawfulness of a […]
By any measure the breadth and depth of substantive judicial review of administrative action have increased remarkably in […]
This post seeks to explain and clarify the status of ‘consistent/equal treatment’ in UK judicial review. The status […]
If Boris Johnson is to be believed – and obviously he wouldn’t lie about anything – Covid-19 nearly […]
According to the government quarantine policy, that came into force on 8 June, nearly all international arrivals at […]
In March 2020, the government introduced a set of restrictions to ‘lockdown’ the UK in response to the […]
This blog analyses the legality of the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, which came into […]
Two excellent databases enable us to track the effect of Covid-19 on political protests and demonstrations. Both the […]
Even in a more transparent and open Supreme Court, glimpses behind the curtain of officialdom are seldom offered […]
Harsh criticism, mainly from politicians and the travel industry has been expressed regarding the new government policy, according […]
The tragedy of Covid-19 demonstrates the profound, life-saving, importance of good advice. It is essential that the governance […]
It is received wisdom, oft-repeated in judgments and textbooks alike, that the judicial review procedure is not an […]
In the early years of devolution, Feldman described constitutional discourse in the UK as ‘a sea of conflicting […]
In this post, I consider executive dominance, firstly, outlining ‘natural’ executive dominance, before differentiating this from ‘excessive’ executive […]
Since the Conservative government’s landslide victory in the 2019 general election, constitutional reform has been on top of […]
It is far from new for the conduct of Dominic Cummings to be a matter of political controversy. […]
In 2019, the Irish Supreme Court decided two cases concerning speech in parliament. The same seven judges sat […]
This post discusses the impact of the new CLOUD Act international data sharing regime on the UK’s death […]
How should individuals conduct themselves during a public health emergency, and more specifically how much reliance should we […]
Clearly, liberal democracy is at a crossroad. Many are dissatisfied with the state of political affairs in their […]
Arguments for and against a single written (or ‘codified’) UK constitution often revolve around flexibility versus rigidity or […]
A couple of days ago, OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud office after several years of investigation reported that Members […]
This post analyses the changes made on 13 May 2020 to the coronavirus social distancing regulations for England. […]
Call for Papers: The Editorial Committee of Public Law welcomes submissions to the journal’s ‘analysis’ section dealing with […]
Yesterday witnessed a very English relaxation of the Coronavirus lockdown. I say that not because the relaxation only […]
The 5th of May 2020 will be remembered as a strange day for EU law and German constitutionalism. […]
On 5th May 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court (GFCC) upheld a series of constitutional complaints that the […]
