George Peretz QC: Storm Clouds over the Welsh Mountains: Agriculture and Devolution
A report by the National Assembly for Wales’ Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee published on 24 March received more publicity than might have been expected. That was largely … Continue reading
David Mead: Public Law Current Survey (Nov 2016 – Jan 2017)
Editors’ note: The Public Law Current Survey was originally published in Public Law and is reprinted here with the generous permission of that journal. (This survey covers the three-month period … Continue reading
Brian Christopher Jones: The Government’s Quandary: “Great”, or Ordinary, Repeal
The government would certainly prefer a “great” repeal, but they would be wise to make it an ordinary one. Four years ago I published an analysis piece in Public Law … Continue reading
Elizabeth Campion: The Constitutional “Ripple Effect” of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017
Miller and others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 was highly anticipated as perhaps the most signficant constitutional case of this generation, stirring up … Continue reading
Alex Schwartz: Mitigating the Hazards of Brexit: The EEA Option for Northern Ireland
Readers of this blog will probably be interested in a new policy paper authored by a group of (mostly) Queen’s University Belfast academics, arguing for an ‘EEA Option’ to accommodate the … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcement is below. ~~~ ‘Public Law and Policing: Policing the Future’ Wednesday 5th April 2017, 13:00 – 16:30 Sheffield Hallam University (Part of Social Justice Week 2017) … Continue reading
Christina Lienen: Why the Implications of ‘No Deal’ Are No Mere ‘Exercise in Guesswork’
Theresa May is to trigger Article 50 on 29 March 2017, kicking off the two-year negotiation period during which the relationship between the UK and the EU will be redefined. … Continue reading
Alexander Horne: Select Committee Powers of Enforcement
On 7 March 2017, the House of Commons Committee of Privileges announced a new inquiry into the exercise and enforcement of the powers of the House in relation to select … Continue reading
Richard Clayton QC: The Brexit Case That Never Was
Since the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was enacted so swiftly, the political implications of R(Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] 2 WLR 58 … Continue reading
Robert Thomas and Joe Tomlinson: A Design Problem for Judicial Review: What We Know and What We Need to Know about Immigration Judicial Reviews
Immigration and asylum claimants often use judicial review to challenge immigration refusal decisions made by the Home Office. Immigration-related cases have, for a long time now, presented serious difficulties to … Continue reading
