Alexandra Sinclair and Joe Tomlinson: Deleting the Administrative State?
A key public law discussion in recent months concerns the vast number of statutory instruments (SIs) government is using to implement Brexit. Initially, it was said by government that c.800-1,000 … Continue reading
Joanna Bell: The Supreme Court’s Approach to the Finality Clause in Lee v Ashers: A Response to Anurag Deb & Conor McCormick & Looking Forward to Privacy International
Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 49 (‘gay cake’ case) has probably not escaped the attention of any public lawyer. As Anurag Deb & Conor McCormick have usefully … Continue reading
Richard Danbury: Cliff Richard and Private Investigations
There is an old joke, in which a man is driving through the countryside, lost. He stops his car in a small village to ask a local for directions. The … Continue reading
Alex Latham and Paul F Scott: Debating Lord Reid’s Legacy: The Quartet at 50
Fifty years ago, in 1968, the House of Lords handed down judgments in three key public law cases – Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission, Conway v Rimmer and Padfield v … Continue reading
Jacob Eisler: Robinson v. Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, 2018 UKSC 4
When, in the performance of their roles, do public authorities owe a private law duty of care to those harmed by their actions, and thus face common law tort liability … Continue reading
Joe Tomlinson: Public Law in Pieces: A Reply to Professor Sossin and Some Suggestions for HMCTS
In a previous post on this blog, I introduced the growing influence of “design thinking” in the administrative justice system (the post is available here). In that post, I made … Continue reading
Robert Greally and Mark Bennett: A Report on the Inaugural Northern Public Law Forum (2018)
The Northern Public Law Forum is an annual seminar series that will rotate around law schools in the north of England. The inaugural seminar was recently held at the University … Continue reading
Hayley J. Hooper: Balancing Access to Justice and the Public Interest: Privacy International and Ouster Clauses in the Broader Constitutional Context
In November 2017, the Court of Appeal in R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal unanimously held that a so-called “ouster clause” in respect of the of the Investigatory Powers … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcements are below. ~~~ Law’s Lost Empire? Freedom of Speech and the Media in the World of the Internet, Thursday 22 February 2018 Prof. Catherine (Kate) O’Regan … Continue reading
Joanna Bell: Dover DC v CPRE Kent: Legal Complexity and Reason-Giving in Planning Law
Where a public authority determines an application for planning permission in what form, and in what level of detail, must the authority set out the reasons for their decision? What, … Continue reading
