Tag: Orders in Council
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Anurag Deb: Direct Rule in Northern Ireland and the Power to Make Irrational Laws
The townland of Carrickmore in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland is the ancestral home of legendary Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. It is also near an ancient and beautifully preserved Neolithic court tomb, excavated between 1979 and 1982. Carrickmore was at the heart of a different funerary matter when, on 3 February 2023, the Northern Ireland…
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Jeff King: Miller/Cherry and Remedies for Ultra Vires Delegated Legislation
The issue of remedies for any finding that the 2019 prorogation of the UK Parliament is unlawful is presently under discussion in pleadings in the joined appeals of Miller No.2 and Joanna Cherry MP (and others) in the Supreme Court. Essentially, the question concerns what must occur if the minister’s advice is found unlawful, and…
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Graham John Wheeler: The British Overseas Territories and “Direct Rule”
In the wake of the Mossack Fonseca affair, there have been calls for London to impose “direct rule” on some of the British Overseas Territories which are used for offshore financial purposes. This blog post does not take a position on the merits of this proposal. Instead, it seeks to highlight two constitutional points which…