Tag: Padfield
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Jeff King: The Prime Minister’s Constitutional Options after the Benn Act: Part II
This is the second of a two-part discussion of this theme. The first part addressed the obligations under the Benn Act and the legal response to attempts to frustrate it; this second part addresses non-confidence motions, resignation and change of Government. Heading numbering is continued from Part 1. 5. Non-confidence procedure under the FTPA –…
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Stephen Tierney: Prorogation and the Courts: A Question of Sovereignty
The request made by the Privy Council that the Queen prorogue Parliament was a clumsy and inappropriate attempt to shorten the time available for parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit process. That much seems clear from papers submitted to the Court of Session in Cherry. It is therefore no surprise that the Inner House was receptive…
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Jacob Rowbottom: Political Purposes and the Prorogation of Parliament
While the prorogation of Parliament has generated political controversy, constitutional lawyers are asking whether the government acted legally in advising the Monarch. The legal challenges to the prorogation will face a number of hurdles. Even if the prerogative power is justiciable, there are difficult questions in identifying the specific legal issue. When writing about a…
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Alex Latham and Paul F Scott: Debating Lord Reid’s Legacy: The Quartet at 50
Fifty years ago, in 1968, the House of Lords handed down judgments in three key public law cases – Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission, Conway v Rimmer and Padfield v Minister of Agriculture – with Lord Reid giving a leading judgment in each. Together with Ridge v Baldwin, a case decided a few years previously…
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Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcements include: Fifty Years of ‘The Quartet’ and Modern Judicial Review, 18–19 May 2018 Second-guessing Policy Choices? The Rule of Law after the Supreme Court’s UNISON Judgment, 14 March 2018 ~~~ Fifty Years of ‘The Quartet’ and Modern Judicial Review 18–19 May 2018 The SLS Annual Seminar 2018 will be held at…