The current Prime Minister’s long running battle with the Seven Principles of Public Life continues to gather pace. […]
Category Archive: Constitutional Accountability
The looming uncertainty around Johnson’s term in office is not just a perfect setting for political intrigue, but […]
In a recent post published on the UKCLA blog, I argued that impeachment could serve a purpose in […]
The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group published its first annual report in 2021. It described the UK Government as ‘set […]
Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), holds an infamous place in British constitutional history: he was the […]
No, this is not a paper on covid rule-breaking by UK ministers. Instead it analyses the judgment of […]
With the UK in the midst of its latest political corruption crisis, the question of the (in)adequacy of […]
Pierre Janelle diagnosed the root cause of The Catholic Reformation as “anarchy the disease within the church”. It […]
Let me begin with what should be platitudinous. The presumption of innocence is a cherished legal principle in […]
In March 2021, the Court of Appeal handed down a unanimous judgment in Privacy International v Foreign Secretary ‘the […]
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