Introduction: extension and the Rule of Law On 9 September, the EU (Withdrawal) (No.2) Act 2019 (‘Benn-Burt Extension […]
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In dramatic scenes in the House of Commons on 3 September 2019, the House wrestled control of its […]
The ‘Cooper-Letwin Act’ (European Union Withdrawal (No 5) Act 2019) may yet come to be known as the […]
Lawyers like to make as much sense as possible of the material in front of them, transforming it, […]
I agree with Mark Elliott in finding my April 1 argument about prorogation and assent astonishing and monstrous, […]
For constitutional lawyers, the Brexit Santa Claus has shimmied down the chimney once again. This post is a […]
Introduction As is well known, the Government’s Withdrawal Agreement was voted down in Parliament last week by 230 […]
The Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 removed the ability of Prime Ministers to call early general elections and […]
Brexit has a knack for producing constitutional mountains out of procedural molehills. Last Wednesday, the House of Commons […]
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 […]
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