As the coronavirus pandemic stretches into its second year, the tension between freedom of religion and public health […]
Annual Harry Street lecture The University of Manchester: Wednesday 21st April at 4pm UK Constitutional Reform – Westminster […]
Alex Salmond has been a controversial figure (to say the least) in Scottish politics for quite some time. […]
Anyone who has ever tried to study judicial review in England and Wales empirically knows it is a […]
The Independent Review of Administrative Law has now reported. For a review process that was unnecessarily quick, the […]
A year since the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent, Parliament will today (25 March 2021) once more […]
The operation of the Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”) is currently being reviewed by the Government’s Independent […]
In March 2021, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gave one of the most extraordinary interviews ever held with a […]
The Report of the Independent Review of Administrative Law, IRAL, was made public on 16 March. It stretches […]
Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford has been credited with being instrumental […]
The Supreme Court has come under significant criticism for its handling of the Shamima Begum case, decided on […]
During the live television coverage of the Supreme Court hearings in Miller (No 1), some commentators (and no […]
In terms of government formation, there are two kinds of parliamentary system: “…countries where the government needs to win […]
Whilst PM Boris Johnson and President Joe Biden may dispute who first used the tag ‘Build Back Better’ […]
No doubt much will be written on the Supreme Court’s Shamima Begum ruling handed down on 26 February. […]
As the pandemic moves into its second year, the effects on Parliaments, not only as legislating and accountability […]
As the deadline for submissions to Independent Human Rights Act Review (IHRAR) passes this week, the appropriate division […]
The Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill is designed, in the words of the Prime Minister’s Written Statement, […]
The City Law School Webinar: Post-Brexit UK-EU Parliamentary Cooperation: Whose representation? Thursday 4 March 4.30pm-6pm GMT Organised by the Institute […]
The Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, announced in Parliament on Tuesday 9th February that those returning […]
On its passage through Parliament, the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA) attracted a great deal of […]
The relationship between delegated legislation and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is seemingly becoming a more contentious […]
Dear UKCLA members, Thank you for your support in 2020. I would like to invite all members to […]
The Court of Appeal has recently affirmed the proposition that a person can be liable under the misuse […]
The Public Law Project will be holding an online conference examining Public Law and Brexit, starting on Monday […]
There have been recent revelations about the use of the Queen’s consent procedure in relation to Government Bills. […]
Following the insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January, several Republican lawmakers accused the press and social […]
Viruses can move the world and COVID-19 has unquestionably tested the United Kingdom’s constitutional settlement. This is not […]
Legislation needs to be clear so that citizens can understand it and parliamentarians know what they are voting […]
To anyone who accepts Britain’s parliamentary sovereignty, Brexit should not make sense. How could a nation committed to […]
The announcement of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on Christmas Eve 2020 may have come as […]
For nearly a hundred and fifty years, parliamentary sovereignty or supremacy (the terms are used interchangeably) has been […]
As some readers may know, I have been involved in various modest ways with responding to the ongoing […]
Not since the Blair era has a government been so committed to a significant programme of constitutional reform […]
The Issue Following the end of the UK’s transition period for withdrawing from the EU, the status of […]
UKCLA Annual General Meeting – 27th January 2021 The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held at 4 […]
Brexit and the Regulatory and Supervisory Gaps Brexit is leading to the creation of new regulatory and supervisory […]
The Blog will be taking a break over the Christmas period, returning on Monday 4 January. We would […]
‘The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, […]
The United Kingdom Internal Market Act has become law, receiving Royal Assent shortly before MPs and Lords departed […]
Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic still raging, the US Supreme Court recently weighed in on the […]
Things were different in 2010. If schools closed and households found themselves stuck indoors, or unable to travel […]
Fresh from inaugurating its Independent Review of Administrative Law, this government is still not finished with the judiciary, […]
Many modern constitutional systems, despite the prevalence of adult suffrage, forbid certain classes of person from participation in […]
We might wonder whether it is worth writing about the rules of ministerial responsibility under the current government […]
Between 7 September and 26 October 2020, the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) ran its call for […]
On 22nd October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT) held unconstitutional a statutory legal provision, which had previously […]
Brexit and the UK Judiciary: Boon or Curse? To be held virtually: Friday, 27 November 2020, School of […]
The Cambridge Private Law Centre last week hosted its annual Freshfields lecture. Lord Sumption addressed us on “Government […]
IACL Virtual Global Roundtable: ‘Democracy 2020’ On 18-26 November the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Global Roundtable […]
