We are living in constitutionally eventful times. From the prorogation of Parliament, Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Independent Review […]
Parliamentary sovereignty has traditionally been understood to mean that Parliament is free to enact legislation on any area […]
In the Continuity Bill Reference, the Supreme Court advanced a striking analysis of the implications for devolution of […]
The legislative programme of this Government has—unsurprisingly, given its widely stated reformist ambitions—attracted close attention from those interested […]
The current blog post considers the failure of the current judicial review reform process, from IRAL onwards, to […]
JR Trends and Forecasts 2021: Accountability and the Constitution 18 OCTOBER 2021 – 22 OCTOBER 2021 The Public […]
Over the past 50 years, around four Private Acts of Parliament have been enacted annually, with a maximum […]
The Elections Bill 2021, as of the date of publication for the House of Commons Committee stage, advances […]
Logic suggests that replacing the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (the CCJ) is not a question […]
Questions of Accountability: Prerogatives, Power and Politics Online Conference: 1 – 5 November 2021 University of Worcester and […]
Much has been written about the government’s judicial review reform project, which has led from IRAL to a […]
Scrutiny comes in many forms, which can lead to many outcomes. Public scrutiny of Government is one such […]
The Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture (CEEAC) Committee has launched the call for views: The UK […]
The Annual JUSTICE Human Rights Conference returns over Zoom on 11 and 12 October. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear […]
Aileen McHarg and Alison Young believe that the new British constitution, which I wrote about in my book […]
In 2009, Vernon Bogdanor wrote about The New British Constitution. His thesis was that a decade of New […]
Judicial Independence in Democracies and Autocracies Thursday 9 September, 10:00am to 11:30am BST This panel discussion is organised […]
Policies are not law. Nevertheless, they play a large role in administrative law, providing clarity as to how […]
In its recent CG judgment, the EU’s Court of Justice held that it was lawful for Universal Credit […]
Judicial Politics in South Asia (Virtual panel discussion) 4 August 2021, 10am to 11:30am (BST London Time) Speakers […]
The UK’s departure from the EU was marked, at least in legal terms, by a curious combination of […]
After much huffing and puffing the Government is not going to blow the house down. Despite commissioning a wide-ranging […]
Brexit has posed a profound challenge for Northern Ireland’s fragile constitutional arrangements. Those very arrangements provided for a […]
The Scottish Acts are subject to a sunset clause. The measures will expire on the 30 September 2021, […]
Northern Ireland’s constitutional arrangements are changing again. This is hardly a surprise, because change was foreshadowed in the New […]
‘Covid, Crisis and the Constitution’ Lunchtime Webinar, Wednesday 16th June, 1-2pm Speakers: Professor Fiona de Londras (University of […]
The government is currently pursuing reform of judicial review remedies. Out of the many possibilities canvassed over the […]
The High Court recently delivered its judgment in the case of Hertfordshire County Council v Secretary of State […]
The Conservative government’s response to the IRAL report has raised plenty of alarm bells from UK constitutional scholars. […]
Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Secretary of State for the Home Department (PRCBC) concerned […]
In its “Judicial Review Reform: the Government Response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law” consultation document, the […]
Johnson’s Constitutional Reform Agenda Date: Thursday, 17th June and Friday, 18th June (09:30-13:00, daily) Registration required:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_stQ9AUoPSDC4p1EqZexmtw Abstract The government […]
The newly introduced Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (“the Bill”) – like the Draft Fixed-term Parliaments Act (Repeal) Bill which preceded […]
Pierre Janelle diagnosed the root cause of The Catholic Reformation as “anarchy the disease within the church”. It […]
On 6 May 2021, the people of Wales went to the polls in the sixth Senedd election. More […]
On May 1st 2021, three students and the charity Plan B brought the UK government to court for failing to take […]
The Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party in the Scottish parliamentary elections held on 6 May. […]
Links to Events In addition to publicising events, we would like to introduce a new feature of including […]
The Government adopted a recommendation of the Independent Review of Administrative Law that Cart judicial reviews should be […]
Let me begin with what should be platitudinous. The presumption of innocence is a cherished legal principle in […]
One of the few objectively true statements about life is that, ‘The thing about football – the important thing about football […]
Talk is cheap. Governments, particularly wealthy, western ones, have been quick to make promises on climate change. They […]
In March 2021, the Court of Appeal handed down a unanimous judgment in Privacy International v Foreign Secretary ‘the […]
The Brexit process has served to draw significant attention to a rich variety of questions engaging the character […]
Boris Johnson’s government takes the view that ours is a time of judicial overreach, necessitating redress in terms […]
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 […]
