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 […]
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 […]
