Legislatures are confronted with highly complex issues which require legal advice. Much of this work is done by […]
Category Archive: UK Parliament
Introductory Litigation about Brexit continues to throw light on constitutional principles, both new and well-established. In the case […]
This post will focus on the constitutional issues arising from the debate on the ‘meaningful vote’. There have […]
This post considers whether it is a convention of the British constitution that Parliament cannot direct the executive […]
Jack Simson Caird: Parliament’s Right to a ‘Meaningful Vote’: Amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
On Tuesday 12 June 2018, the Government will ask the House of Commons to reject the Lords’ meaningful […]
The recent string of Government defeats in the House of Lords over amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal) […]
Introduction In a recent post on this blog, Veronika Fikfak and Hayley Hooper outlined the implications of the […]
A. Introduction and Background On Friday 13 April 2018 the Royal Air Force participated in air strikes (together […]
In a previous post I set out some suggestions concerning the status of EU law in the UK […]
The House of Lords Constitution Committee’s Report on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, HL Paper 69, is a […]
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