The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill continues its progression in Parliament, having initially been introduced in the […]
The Bill of Rights Bill is framed by the Government as necessary to ensure ‘meaningful democratic oversight’ of […]
The discussion about the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is not new. Back in 2020, in the Internal Market […]
The State of the Constitution: UCL Constitution Unit Conference 2022 Wednesday 22 June 1:30pm to Thursday 23 June […]
The Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Withdrawal Agreement, designed to set out the legal parameters of the withdrawal of […]
Undoing Devolution by the Back Door? The Implications of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 Date: Monday, […]
The Times recently (11 May 2022) reported that the Attorney General, Suella Braverman, had received, and given, legal […]
Book Launch: Stephen Tierney, The Federal Contract: A Constitutional Theory of Federalism The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies […]
UKCLA / Devolution Club Annual Event – 6th June 2022 The Italian Cultural Institute, the Devolution Club and […]
The Elections Act 2022 – finally law after a long and contentious development in the Commons and the […]
Symposium in Honour of Prof Ian Leigh Following a long and distinguished career, Professor Ian Leigh retired from […]
The current Prime Minister’s long running battle with the Seven Principles of Public Life continues to gather pace. […]
ICON-S GBIE: The Constitutional Architecture of these Islands The ICON-S GBIE conference on The Constitutional Architecture of these Islands will […]
Challenging inaccurate decisions of public authorities which fundamentally impact the life of the British public, could soon be […]
It is often thought trite that remedies in public law are the quintessential area where judges enjoy a […]
In a recent critical essay for the London Review of Books, Conor Gearty penned a wonderful, if provocative, […]
Addressing the extraterritorial application of the ECHR has emerged as one of the priorities in the UK Government’s […]
Editors’ note: Part One of this tribute to AW Bradley is available here. IV Shortly after Tony died, […]
I Tony Bradley, one of the United Kingdom’s greatest constitutional and administrative lawyers, died peacefully at his home […]
Call for Guest Editors of Public Law’s Annual Themed Analysis Section The Editorial Committee of Public Law invites […]
The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Craig v HM Advocate (for the Government of the United States […]
Undoing Devolution by the Back Door? The Implications of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 Monday 11 […]
The reaffirmation of the Gillick test by the Supreme Court Thirty five years after Gillick v West Norfolk and […]
UKCLA Membership Renewal Dear UKCLA members, Thank you for your support in 2022. I would like to invite […]
Judicial review judgments possess multi-layered value. For the parties to a case, they are an authoritative record of […]
Access to justice is a fundamental right in the common law and an essential part of the rule […]
Last week the Supreme Court rendered the much-awaited judgment in R (PRCBC and O (by her litigation friend AO)) […]
On 31 January 2022, the second anniversary of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, the UK government proposed a […]
The looming uncertainty around Johnson’s term in office is not just a perfect setting for political intrigue, but […]
Partygate could tear apart the UK government but, regardless of one’s political preferences, there have been some good […]
This piece considers two recent decisions – one by the Court of Appeal (“CA”): D4 v Secretary of […]
Stefan Theil: Missing the Forest for the Trees – Deficits in Doctrinal Methods and How Data Can Help
Introduction Law and legal scholarship have a problem: a problem with digesting and analysing the sheer volume of […]
Recently, online debates have emerged about the usefulness of the website TheyWorkForYou (TWFY), a tool which provides people […]
The Novak Djokovic saga, which eventually resulted in the world number one male tennis player’s deportation from Australia, […]
Does the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over donations to Members of Parliament extend to members […]
Call for papers – Surveillance, Democracy, and the Rule of Law Thursday 9 – Friday 10 June 2022 The […]
In a recent post published on the UKCLA blog, I argued that impeachment could serve a purpose in […]
Following a year-long inquiry into the future governance of the United Kingdom, the House of Lords Constitution Committee […]
The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group published its first annual report in 2021. It described the UK Government as ‘set […]
This post completes my analysis of the Government’s Proposals for reform of the Human Rights Act 1998, following […]
The Government explains its Proposals in its Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill Of Rights: A consultation […]
Introduction The Nationality and Borders Bill (NABB) proposes controversial amendments to the UK’s citizenship deprivation power under s. […]
Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), holds an infamous place in British constitutional history: he was the […]
Section 2 of the Human Rights Act (HRA) requires that domestic courts “take into account” relevant Strasbourg case […]
Many diverse issues have been raised, and diverse perspectives aired, in the Australian and international public square, over […]
‘Who runs the House?’ While most people were watching the Johnson government stumble from one crisis to another […]
Introduction In light of the ongoing migration issues, the UK’s government set out to reform the immigration system […]
The Conservative Party has opposed the HRA root and branch ever since its enactment. Manifesto commitments to overhaul […]
No, this is not a paper on covid rule-breaking by UK ministers. Instead it analyses the judgment of […]
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