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Richard Mackenzie-Gray Scott: Rebalancing upstream and downstream scrutiny of government during national emergencies

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Scrutiny comes in many forms, which can lead to many outcomes. Public scrutiny of Government is one such […]

UKCLA September 21, 2021 UK government

Tom Hickey: The weakening of parliamentary immunity by the Irish Supreme Court

In 2019, the Irish Supreme Court decided two cases concerning speech in parliament. The same seven judges sat […]

UKCLA June 2, 2020 Ireland

Anne Twomey: Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 and Its Application to Prorogation

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In the wake of Miller (No 2), it has been contended in the media that prorogation ‘has always […]

Constitutional Law Group October 4, 2019 Judicial review, UK government, UK Parliament

Jack Simson Caird: The Supreme Court and Parliament: The Constitutional Status of Checks and Balances

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There have been two competing visions of the constitution battling it out since the Brexit referendum in 2016, […]

Constitutional Law Group September 27, 2019 Judicial review, UK government, UK Parliament

Sam Fowles: Cherry/Miller: What’s Next?

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Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous judgement in Cherry and Others v The Advocate General and […]

Constitutional Law Group September 26, 2019 Judicial review, UK government, UK Parliament

Robert Craig: The Peter Hain Case: The Effect of Article IX

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Peter Hain’s decision to breach an interim injunction granted by the Court of Appeal in the case of […]

Constitutional Law Group October 31, 2018 Judiciary, UK Parliament

Jelena Gligorijevic: Breaching Injunctions in Parliament: An Unconstitutional Abuse of Parliamentary Privilege

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Two days after the Court of Appeal granted an interim injunction restraining reportage of harassment allegations against a […]

Constitutional Law Group October 29, 2018 Judiciary, UK Parliament

Kenneth Campbell QC: Wightman v Secretary of State: Article 50 and Parliamentary Privilege

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Introductory Litigation about Brexit continues to throw light on constitutional principles, both new and well-established. In the case […]

Constitutional Law Group June 22, 2018 Europe, European Union, UK Parliament

Andrew Geddis: “Declarations of Inconsistency” under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

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As in the United Kingdom, the question of whether prisoners should be permitted to vote has generated considerable […]

Constitutional Law Group June 19, 2017 Human rights, New Zealand

Alexander Horne: Evidence under oath, perjury and parliamentary privilege

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The issue of select committee powers has received renewed interest during the 2010-15 Parliament, culminating in a report […]

Constitutional Law Group January 29, 2015 UK Parliament

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