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Brian Christopher Jones: Leadership exit points in the UK constitution 

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The UK constitution contains numerous ways that a serving Prime Minister can be deposed. Although we’ve seen this […]

UKCLA June 5, 2023 Constitutional Accountability

Events: UK Constitutional Reform Proposals in Comparative Perspective / Global South Network Guest Lectures / Post-Brexit Governance of the United Kingdom’s Territorial Constitution

The Italian Cultural Institute, the Devolution Club and the UK Constitutional Law Association invite you to the 16th Italian-British […]

UKCLA June 2, 2023 Events

Eliza Bechtold: Recent Efforts to Regulate Expression by Conservatives in the UK and the US Highlight a Shift Toward Illiberalism

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Conservative politicians in the UK and the US are making headlines for regulatory efforts targeting core free speech […]

UKCLA June 1, 2023 Civil Liberties

Event: Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability – UKCLA Conference 2023

Call for Papers UKCLA Conference 2023 Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability University of Liverpool – 11th & 12th […]

UKCLA May 26, 2023 Events

Alex Benn: Criminalising Constitutional Debate? Anti-monarchy Protests, Treason and Public Order

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Until 2022, calling for the abolition of the monarchy may still have been a form of treason in […]

UKCLA May 25, 2023 Monarchy, United Kingdom

Stephen Tierney and Alison L. Young: The House of Lords Constitution Committee Reports on the Illegal Migration Bill

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The Constitution Committee has released its report on the Illegal Migration Bill 2022-23. The Committee raises a number […]

UKCLA May 23, 2023 UK Parliament

Tom Hickman KC and Gabriel Tan: Reversing Parliamentary Defeat by Delegated Legislation: The Case of the Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023

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In a report published on 11 May, the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (“SLSC”) drew attention […]

UKCLA May 22, 2023 UK government, UK Parliament

Event: ‘UK Constitutional Reform Proposals in Comparative Perspective’, 5th June 2023

The Italian Cultural Institute, the Devolution Club and the UK Constitutional Law Association invite you to the 16th Italian-British […]

UKCLA May 19, 2023 Events

Jeevan Hariharan: The Changing Face of Horizontal Effect

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On 10 March, Lord Sales delivered the Cambridge Freshfields Annual Law Lecture on the topic of ‘constitutional values […]

UKCLA May 17, 2023 European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998

David Torrance: “Nothing in the Nature of a Second Coronation”

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On 23 April 2023 the Sunday Telegraph carried a striking headline: “Scotland to host its own Coronation for […]

UKCLA May 16, 2023 Monarchy, Scotland, United Kingdom

Event: Reimagining Public Law

On 23 May 2023, the Centre for Employability, Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER) at Birmingham Law School […]

UKCLA April 28, 2023 Events

John Stanton: Law, Localism, and the Constitution: A Comparative Perspective

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Local government is an aspect of UK constitutional law that is often neglected or overlooked. Councils, though, are […]

UKCLA April 27, 2023 Constitutional reform, United Kingdom

Chris McCorkindale and Aileen McHarg: Rescuing the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill? The Scottish Government’s Challenge to the Section 35 Order

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Introduction On 17 January, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, made an Order under s.35 […]

UKCLA April 25, 2023 Devolution, Judicial review, Scotland

Cassandra Somers-Joce: Government by WhatsApp: Where are we now?  

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A new Cabinet Office policy has recently been published which provides guidance on the use of instant messaging technologies, such […]

UKCLA April 24, 2023 Constitutional Accountability

David Erdos: Leave to Remain? Data Protection’s ‘Immigration Exemption’ Returns to Court

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With both the Illegal Migration Bill and the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill currently before […]

UKCLA April 17, 2023 Data Protection

Event: Post-Brexit Governance of the United Kingdom’s Territorial Constitution – Call for Papers

We are pleased to issue a call for papers for a one-day workshop exploring the governance of the […]

UKCLA March 31, 2023 Events

Tarun Khaitan: A Fourth Branch of the State? On Constitutional Guarantors in the UK

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It is believed to be one of the chief merits of the American system of written constitutional law, […]

UKCLA March 30, 2023 Comparative law, Constitutional Law

Isobel Renzulli: Begum v SSHD (2023): A restrictive approach to Article 4 ECHR 

On 22 February 2023, the judgment of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’ or ‘the Commission’) was published, upholding the […]

UKCLA March 29, 2023 European Convention on Human Rights

Jemma Carpenter: Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Windsor: Who defines King Charles’ constitutional role?

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In late February 2023, King Charles found himself embroiled in controversy for hosting Ursula von der Leyen, the President of […]

UKCLA March 27, 2023 Monarchy

Jeremy Letwin: The Bill of Rights Bill and the Modern Mirror Principle

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The Bill of Rights Bill which is currently before Parliament aims, at least in some respects, to weaken the link […]

UKCLA March 14, 2023 Bill of Rights Bill

Jed Meers, Joe Tomlinson, Alice Welsh and Charlotte O’Brien: Rights on Paper? The Discriminatory Effects of Digital Immigration Status on Private Landlord Decisions

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Under the EU settlement scheme, millions of EU, EEA and Swiss nationals have been granted “digital-only” immigration status. […]

UKCLA March 14, 2023 Brexit

Aileen Kavanagh:  Is the Illegal Migration Act itself illegal?  The Meaning and Methods of Section 19 HRA 

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The Illegal Migration Bill published on 7th March 2023 is one of the very few Bills in over 20 […]

UKCLA March 10, 2023 Constitutional Law, law-making

Events: Judicial Independence in Africa / Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago

Event 1: Judicial Independence in Africa – One Day Hybrid Conference (University of Leicester) The Global South Network […]

UKCLA March 10, 2023 Events

Event: Reimagining Public Law – Extended Call for PGR Papers

On 23 May 2023, the Centre for Employability, Professional Legal Education and Research at Birmingham Law School will hold a […]

UKCLA March 3, 2023 Events

Edmund Robinson: Re Allister and the entrenchment ‘road not taken’: A rejoinder to Kacper Majewski

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Kacper Majewski has written an excellent, thought-provoking, piece on the subject of constitutional statutes, in light of the Re Allister UK Supreme Court […]

UKCLA March 1, 2023 Constitutional Law, law-making

Event: Book Roundtable – The Making of Constitutional Democracy

Constitutional democracies around the world are in distress. Internal and external factors are putting pressure – and often […]

UKCLA February 24, 2023 Events

Announcement: Call for Guest Editors of Public Law’s Annual Themed Analysis Section

The Editorial Committee of Public Law invites Guest Editors to submit proposals for a themed set of ‘analysis’ papers to […]

UKCLA February 24, 2023 Announcement

James Robottom: The State’s Legal Duty to Hold an Independent Inquiry into the Mass Disappearance of Asylum Seeking Children in its Care

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The disappearance of hundreds of asylum seeking children out of Home Office run hotels is an issue of […]

UKCLA February 23, 2023 European Convention on Human Rights

Kacper Majewski: Re Allister: The End of ‘Constitutional Statutes’?

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On 8 February, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous judgment in Re Allister [2023] UKSC 5. What follows is […]

UKCLA February 21, 2023 Constitutional Law, law-making

Event: Prisoner rights – Time for a rethink?

Call for abstracts Socio-Legal Studies Association Seminar We are pleased to invite abstracts for a Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) seminar […]

UKCLA February 17, 2023 Events

Anurag Deb: Direct Rule in Northern Ireland and the Power to Make Irrational Laws

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The townland of Carrickmore in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland is the ancestral home of legendary Nirvana frontman […]

UKCLA February 17, 2023 Devolution, Judicial review, Northern Ireland

Iain Halliday: Political and Legal Constitutionalism in the Age of Supreme Court Referrals

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Back in early 2013 I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on the role of law and politics in the […]

UKCLA February 13, 2023 Devolution, Scotland

Karolina Szopa: Triumph for Abortion Rights, or a Trojan Horse? The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill and Proportionality Assessment

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Introduction On the 7 December 2022, the judgment of the UK Supreme Court in the Reference by the Attorney […]

UKCLA February 13, 2023 European Convention on Human Rights, Northern Ireland

Gordon Guthrie: Brown vs Dewar – The Labour Commission on the UK’s Future

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With the publication of Labour’s Commission on the UK’s Future it is worth contrasting the approach that Gordon […]

UKCLA February 8, 2023 Brown Commission, Constitutional reform, Devolution

Daniella Lock: UK Government Assessments of Risk to Refugees and ECHR Constraints on UK Immigration Policy in the Rwanda Ruling

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This post examines the High Court’s December ruling on the lawfulness of the UK Government’s Rwanda scheme. The […]

UKCLA February 7, 2023 European Convention on Human Rights, UK government

Conor Casey: House of Lords Constitution Committee Rejects Significant Reform to UK Law Officers

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Background to Inquiry on Role of Law Officers The Attorney General and Solicitor General are the UK government’s […]

UKCLA January 31, 2023 Constitutional reform

Event: Reimagining Public Law

Call for Papers from PGR Students On 23 May 2023, the Centre for Employability, Professional Legal Education and Research at […]

UKCLA January 27, 2023 Events

Robert Greally: The Brown Report: Political Legitimacy and the Power of the Assembly

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The Brown Commission has recommended replacing the House of Lords with an elected Assembly of the Nations and Regions of […]

UKCLA January 26, 2023 Brown Commission, Constitutional reform, UK Parliament

Tarun Khaitan: An Elected Second Chamber? Some Thoughts on the Brown Report

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One of the key recommendations of the Brown Commission is to replace the House of Lords with an […]

UKCLA January 25, 2023 Brown Commission, Constitutional reform, United Kingdom

Announcement: UKCLA Membership 2023: Please Renew or Join

Dear UKCLA members, Thank you for your support in 2022. I would like to invite all members to […]

UKCLA January 24, 2023 Announcement

Event: Empirical Contributions to Doctrinal Research

Call for Abstracts Law and legal scholarship have a problem digesting the sheer volume of decisions reached every […]

UKCLA January 20, 2023 Events

Announcement: UK Constitutional Law Blog Editorial Changeover

Professor Alison Young is stepping down as one of the editors of the UKCLA blog as of January […]

UKCLA January 19, 2023 Announcement

Event: The Form of Legislation and the Rule of Law

Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Event – ‘The Form of Legislation and the Rule of Law’ […]

UKCLA January 13, 2023 Events

Event: Governance Reform in Small Jurisdictions – Challenges and Opportunities

Governance reform in small jurisdictions: challenges and opportunities January 17th 2023, 1-4pm (lunch served from 12pm) Centre for […]

UKCLA January 10, 2023 Events

Reminder: UKCLA Annual General Meeting and Round Table – Wednesday 18th January 2023

This is a reminder that the UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 1.30pm on […]

UKCLA January 9, 2023 Announcement, UKCLA

Michael Foran: Sex, Gender, and the Scotland Act

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Yesterday, the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was heard at Stage 3. If it receives royal assent, it […]

UKCLA December 21, 2022 Devolution, Scotland

Mohamed Moussa: The ‘Absent Word’ Canon and Asymmetrical Sovereignty

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Introduction: The Supreme Court’s Textual Fidelity  The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) recently issued its unanimous judgment which found the draft Scottish […]

UKCLA December 20, 2022 Devolution, Parliamentary sovereignty

UKCLA Annual General Meeting and Round Table – Wednesday 18th January 2023

The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 1.30pm on the 18th of January 2023 […]

UKCLA December 19, 2022 Announcement, UKCLA

Paolo Sandro: Vorrei ma non posso? The Brown Commission’s report and the conundrum of constitutional entrenchment in the UK

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The Brown Commission’s report on the future of the Union has already sparked a lively debate. In a […]

UKCLA December 19, 2022 Brown Commission, Constitutional Law, Constitutional reform, Parliamentary sovereignty, United Kingdom

Christmas Break

The UKCLA blog will close for the Christmas break on Tuesday 20th December 2022 and will re-open for […]

UKCLA December 16, 2022 Announcement, UKCLA

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