Constitutions do many things. They distribute authority amongst public bodies, enshrine important points of substantive principle, and cement […]
Parliamentary sovereignty
Seven points about the Supreme Court judgment in Miller II/Cherry are in danger of being missed amidst the political noise. […]
The chorus that the United Kingdom Supreme Court’s decision on prorogation (R. (on the application of Miller) v […]
The request made by the Privy Council that the Queen prorogue Parliament was a clumsy and inappropriate attempt […]
Does proroguing Parliament under the present circumstances breach the principle of parliamentary sovereignty? The Divisional Court in Miller […]
If the phrase “may you live in interesting times” actually has its roots in a curse, then, we […]
The current dramatic interaction between the Government, Parliament and the courts means that we are witnessing one of […]
A central theme of the High Court judgment in Miller v Prime Minister is that there is ‘no […]
Litigation is often predicated on certain assumptions. These may be the result of argumentation of the parties, the […]
Twenty-one eminent constitutional lawyers expressed this view in a letter to the Times (3 4 19): ‘Any attempt […]
