Introduction On 17 January, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, made an Order under s.35 […]
Category Archive: Devolution
The townland of Carrickmore in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland is the ancestral home of legendary Nirvana frontman […]
Back in early 2013 I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on the role of law and politics in the […]
With the publication of Labour’s Commission on the UK’s Future it is worth contrasting the approach that Gordon […]
Yesterday, the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was heard at Stage 3. If it receives royal assent, it […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court’s Textual Fidelity The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) recently issued its unanimous judgment which found the draft Scottish […]
On Monday, the Labour Party published the report of the Commission on the UK’s Future, chaired by Gordon […]
It has become increasingly popular to include what I term a ‘super-enabling clause’ in primary legislation. It is […]
At paras 56-57 of their judgment, the court in Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues ([2022] UKSC 31) […]
At the end of June, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s roadmap for a […]
UK Constitutional Law Association 