The current Prime Minister’s long running battle with the Seven Principles of Public Life continues to gather pace. […]
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The announcement of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on Christmas Eve 2020 may have come as […]
In this post, I consider executive dominance, firstly, outlining ‘natural’ executive dominance, before differentiating this from ‘excessive’ executive […]
It is far from new for the conduct of Dominic Cummings to be a matter of political controversy. […]
The New Zealand Government recently lifted its “Level 4” COVID-19 restrictions. Significant restrictions, including coercive powers restricting basic […]
Did the UK Supreme Court enforce a constitutional convention in Miller (No 2)? Most writers say no. I […]
Has the court in Miller (No 2) done the very thing it said it wouldn’t do in Miller […]
In an essay published in Elliott, Varuhas and Wilson Stark (eds), The Unity of Public Law? Doctrinal, Theoretical […]
On 24 September, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Prime Minister’s advice to prorogue Parliament was […]
Introduction In a succinct and surprisingly unanimous judgment in Miller and Cherry [2019] UKSC 41 the UK Supreme […]