Legal Law

On 26 August 2025 Nigel Farage (Leader of Reform UK) and Zia Yusuf (now Head of Policy at Reform UK) unveiled their plan titled, ‘Operation Restoring Justice’. Key points from…

THE GLOBAL SOUTH NETWORK (GSN) NORTH-SOUTH JUDICIAL DIALOGUE II (ONLINE) THE HELLENIC COUNCIL OF STATE (THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF GREECE) AND ITS POSITION IN THE EUROPEAN LEGAL ORDER DURING…

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is now in the House of Lords. After months of frantic activity in the Commons there is an opportunity for Parliament to draw breath…

The responsibility for holding the government to account for its failings is the core constitutional role of a range of ‘watchdog’ bodies outside of Parliament, such as inspectorates, commissioners, public…

On 31 July, the final day of Trinity term, and so of the legal year, there was published by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal an OPEN judgment in a case entitled A…

On 22 July 2025, the Crown Estate (Wales) Bill passed unopposed through report stage in the House of Lords. The Bill, which seeks to devolve the management of the Crown…

On 17 August 2023 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) put the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on broad notice about the devastating failure of data protection that is now generally known as the Afghan data…

Introduction In its judgments in Continuity Bill and Treaty Incorporation, the Supreme Court identified what we describe in the first part of this post as the ‘conditioning limitation’. The purpose…

Introduction On Tuesday last week it emerged that a mind-boggling data breach by the UK government – and the momentous policy decisions taken in its wake – had been kept…

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe and serious weakening of information rights regulation compared to the strong enforcement…

Introduction The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (‘CCA’) is, from a constitutional perspective, a fairly unassuming, if far-reaching, exercise of devolved legislative power. It is an example of a…

On 15th July 2025, the UK Government (UKG) published its response to its review and public consultation on Parts 1 and 2 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020…

The ‘Executive Summary’ of the report of Brian Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1 opens with a description of a crisis. Criminal justice is in crisis. The…

The UKCLA blog will shortly take its annual summer break, running from Monday 28 July to Monday 1 September. Thank you to all of our authors and readers in the…

Despite the Ministry of Justice releasing some helpful but limited data relating to judicial reviews, it is hard to know who wins, and who loses, before the Administrative Court. In…

In a series of posts on this blog, the legal historian Sanjit Nagi has outlined both a history of Labour scepticism about the European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) (and…

How should the state be held to account when it funds and organises essential services—but then denies responsibility for their failure? This post examines that question through the lens of…

On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3…

In September 2024, the Business and Trade Secretary (‘the Secretary of State’)suspended licences authorising the export of items that might be used in carrying out or facilitating Israeli military operations…

Over the past three decades or so, comparative constitutional law has greatly advanced both as a site of scholarly inquiry and professional practice. As the field’s jurisdictional and thematic focus…

Over the last few weeks criticism of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR/the Convention) and suggestions that the United Kingdom (U.K) should attempt to reform the supranational instrument, and…

University of Bristol Centre for European and Public Law 18:00-19:30 July 3rd 2025 2.13 Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol and Online at https://bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97632863445 The Centre for European and Public…

Bagehot famously made a distinction between the ‘dignified’ and ‘efficient’ parts of the Constitution (Walter Bagehot, The English Constitution (London: Henry S. King and Company 1867)).  The former were those…

More attention has been paid in recent years to the important role government lawyers play in many constitutional systems, and the Janus-faced impact they have on executive authority. On the…

In the summer of 2022, during the election process which Liz Truss would eventually win, Tortoise Media wrote to the Conservative Party’s CEO, Darren Mott, asking nine questions. Considering Tortoise…

The decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] is one that has generated a rapid response, from the photos of those celebrating…

When wealthy landowners, Alexander and Diana Darwall, sued a national park authority to stop people pitching their tents on the Dartmoor Commons, few expected the dispute to take a constitutional…

On 23 May 2025, the Court of Appeal held that the Conservative Party was not exercising a ‘public function’ for the purposes of s 6 of the Human Rights Act…

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address: Sign me up! Join 17.5K other subscribers

In her excellent and informed critique of the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (“FWS”), Crash Wigley notes that in its judgment…

In the United Kingdom, the mental health of politicians has traditionally commanded relatively little attention, perhaps due to popular cynicism and distrust towards elected officials. Still, those involved in UK…

There are two distinct senses in which one can ask whether the Law Officers’ legal advice is “binding” on the government. The first is whether the legal advice of the…

In For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers the UK Supreme Court rejected the contention that possession of a Gender Recognition Certificate changes an individual’s sex for the purposes of…

Public authorities are imbued with statutory and prerogative powers. And every now and then, they publish a policy setting out how they will exercise those powers. Policies must not be…

For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 is a judgment that has triggered great public discussion about the position of trans people in Great Britain (for an interesting…

In 2025, we celebrate two anniversaries, the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission. These significantmilestones will be commemorated…

In the opening lines of Miller/Cherry, Lady Hale and Lord Reed, giving the unanimous judgment of the court, say that the case ‘arises in circumstances which have never arisen before…

The Global South Network (GSN) invites you to attend an online guest lecture  titled “Constitutional Supremacy in Southeast Asia: The Case of Malaysia” by the Right Honourable the Chief Justice of Malaysia, Tun Tengku…

Over the last three months, there has been a renewed interest in the concept and politics of ‘Blue Labour’—through media coverage, the formation of a Blue Labour parliamentary group, and the growing…

From Arthur Balfour to Keir Starmer, British political leaders of all stripes have pledged, albeit of varying degrees, overall support for (then, a Jewish homeland and now) Israel. On the…

Call for Papers: In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will…

In an earlier blog post, I noted that we would be waiting with interest to see how the (then newly appointed) Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales (LCJ), Baroness Carr,…

Does the judge who hears a case affect the outcome and, particularly, in the U.K.’s top court? This is a question that has received increasing attention of late. In this…

School of Law and Social Justice, University of LiverpoolWednesday 23rd April 2025 The Liverpool Public Law Unit (LPLU) is pleased to announce a one-day workshop for PhD candidates and early-career…

Professor Alison Young: ‘Parliament is not sovereign – and it’s a good thing too’ 19th March 2025, 5pm-7pm, University of Essex (in person and online) This exciting event, sponsored by…

Earlier last month, The Washington Post reported that Apple, a technology company known for emphasizing privacy as one of its key selling points, had been ordered by the U.K. government to create a…

Back in November, I wrote a blog post on the progression of the Public Service Monarchy (‘PSM’). It is a topic I wish to return to. I now believe that…

‘THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT IN IRAQ’S DEMOCRATIZATION’  Online Guest Lecture by the President of the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq, Hon. Justice Jassim Muhammad Aboud Hammadi Al-Amiri…

Identifying the rules and practices that should properly be regarded as part of our flexible and uncodified constitution is nowhere more difficult than in relation to the internal workings of…

Panel Discussion on the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’ 18:00-19:30 Monday 24th February 2025 University of Bristol Law School The University of Bristol’s Centre for European and Public…

The Starmer ministry plans to ‘…deepen our democracy by reforming Parliament…’, but missing from its proposals is any reconsideration of whether Parliament should adopt a role in judicial appointments somewhat…

University of Glasgow, August 2025 The European Group of Public Administration has launched its Call for Papers for the 2025 conference ‘EGPA at 50: Prospects for Public Administration across Europe’.…

The Palace of Westminster is a symbol of British democracy, and it is falling apart. It is a serious danger to those who work within it: a recent news report…

Section 179 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 places the Secretary of State under a duty to ensure that a Report is “la[id] before Parliament” on both the “use”…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Five years on, and with a…

The term Private Acts of Parliament (PA) is widely used to include local Acts, that benefit organizations such as local authorities or authorize major infrastructure projects and are often of…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The distinction between hard and soft…

Keele Law Review The Keele Law Review is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its sixth volume (2025) on the theme of ‘Is Democracy Possible?’ We will accept…

Any British citizen that happens to hold citizenship for another country could find themselves in an invidious position. If the Home Secretary decides that it would be ‘conducive to the…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The seemingly ever-growing expanse of “soft-law”,…

Elon Musk has recently utilised his extensive platform as owner of social media site X to intervene in British politics. He has labelled the UK Prime Minister ‘two-tier Keir’ in…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Introduction In March 2020, the government…

Image: The Conference speakers. Back row, from left to right: Dr Lewis Graham, Dr Chris Monaghan, Prof. Roger Masterman, Dr Matthew Nicholson, Dr Stuart Wallace, Sara Moran, Gabriel Tan, Dr…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The use of law and guidance…

On 23 January, Sir Keir Starmer announced plans to ‘stop blockers getting in the way’ of infrastructure development, by introducing restrictions on judicial review of infrastructure projects. Notwithstanding this government’s…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Across 2020 and 2021, the UK…

Introduction The conference ‘The Rule of Guidance?’, funded by a Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship, was held in July 2024 at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in London.…

The Supreme Court will hear the appeal in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UKSC/2023/0152) on 11 and 12 March 2025. One of the issues is…

Among the many questions raised by the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury in November 2024, the peerage which has customarily been awarded by the Prime Minister hangs in the…

In a recent Administrative Court decision, the Secretary of State for the Home Department was found to be in breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty (the “PSED”), contained in…

It is a well-understood principle that a judicial review court traditionally forbears from granting coercive orders against public authorities on grounds of mutual institutional trust, and constitutional reasons relating to the separation…

Call for Guest Editors of Public Law’s Annual Themed Analysis Section (2026): The Editorial Committee of Public Law invites Guest Editors to submit proposals for a themed set of ‘Analysis’…

This is a reminder that the UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 1.30pm on Wednesday 8th January 2025 in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College…

8th January 2025 The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 1.30pm on Wednesday 8th January 2025 in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, 4-8…

2024 was billed to be the year of the first ‘robust and comprehensive’ UK statutory review of the extent of journalism’s compliance with data protection law and good practice, a formal appraisal…

One aspect of the recent debates surrounding the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill moved by Kim Leadbeater MP was the criticism expressed of the Bill’s drafting – that is, the actual text of the…

The UKCLA blog will be taking a break over the Christmas period – the blog will be closed from Thursday 19th December 2024 and will re-open on Monday 6th January 2025.…

On 6th November, Prime Minister Keir Starmer published his (long awaited) revised version of the Ministerial Code.  A written statement in Parliament by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,…

One of the best lessons I was given by my pupil supervisors in drafting written submissions was to go back and review the use of every adjective. As they pointed…

The recent protests by farmers over changes to the rules on inheritance tax have raised questions over who, if anyone, should be exempt from paying it – including King Charles,…

The question of separating constitutional powers in Jersey is more complex than it appears. Here’s why. Jersey and Guernsey are unique globally in having constitutions that in the ancient office…

With the second reading of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill fast approaching, debate persists as to whether limiting eligibility to terminally ill adults could be successfully…

There is a good reason why the constitutional convention requiring the monarch to exercise his prerogative powers on the advice of his government is known as the ‘Cardinal Convention’: it…

My recent post on Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which seeks to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill adults and so modify the blanket ban provided…

Sometimes we are so focused on big changes that we miss the mundane ones. But we shouldn’t. Sometimes a mundane change can tell us something about the character of a…

This article suggests that the Supreme Court’s interpretation of section 28(7) has created such problems in relation to the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament that the provision needs to…

The introduction of Kim Leadbeater’s Private Member’s Bill which will, if enacted, legalise assisted suicide for ‘Terminally Ill Adults’ in England and Wales has, unsurprisingly, drawn significant commentary from many…

On 28 October 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its eagerly-awaited judgment in Oakley and Sneddon v Secretary of State for Justice, concerning the proper approach to cases where the Secretary of…

Thursday 12th December 2024 – Zoom Webinar The Law School at the University of Essex, in collaboration with the Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative (CAJI) is looking forward to welcoming…

Kim Leadbeater has recently introduced a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons which seeks to legalise assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Despite its second reading being scheduled…

In Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer [2024] UKSC 12 (Mercer), the Supreme Court was confronted with whether and how to exercise its powers under sections 3…

Monday 18 November, 5pm – Inn of Court, Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast Members of the UK Constitutional Law Association are warmly invited to attend the launch of a new…

The UK Labour Government is committed to resetting relations with the devolved institutions. Yet, in its manifesto, Labour made no mention of any plans to reform the United Kingdom Internal Market Act…

“The Supreme Court’s Practice in Cases Related to the War in Ukraine“ ONLINE GUEST LECTURE BY JUDGE DR VITALIY URKEVYCH, SECRETARY OF THE GRAND CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF UKRAINE…

In popular consciousness, archivists (when noticed at all, and not confused with Indiana Jones) are usually otherworldly, whey-faced individuals poring shortsightedly over mediaeval tomes, their institutional domains obscure, dusty spaces…

The Queen Mary Centre of Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC) is thrilled to announce a Masterclass with Professor Philipp Dann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) that will take place on 14-16…

Constitution-making has been part of political life since the 18th century.  Today it is no longer a royal exercise to be completed by a stroke of pen.  It is touted as a foundational political act…

On 4 September 2024, the UK Government published the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill (the PRMB). Introduced in the Lords, the PRMB is certainly not the most headline-grabbing Bill announced…

Over the past decade the House of Lords Constitution Committee has immersed itself in the principles, purposes and operation of devolution. Last week marked 10 years since the referendum on…

Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM The Schools of Law at Queen Mary University of London and at the University of Edinburgh are delighted to co-host an…

With the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, fears that Donald Trump may return to the White House have reinforced the ongoing academic debate about the possible dangers of populism. Given…

A hybrid guest lecture by the President of the UK Supreme Court/the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Lord Reed of Allermuir. Part of the Judges Guest Lecture Series organised…

In 2018, Sir Ernest Ryder warned that the future shift to online dispute resolution for most, and in some areas all disputes, risks eroding judicial accountability and fostering a democratic…

It is not that often that first instance judges in judicial review claims disagree as to the approach to be taken in the context of a core question relating to…

On 5 June 2024, the Administrative Court gave its final word on relief in the (relatively) long running ECPAT UK judicial review (see R (ECPAT UK) v Kent County Council…

“BEING A JUDGE IN ISRAEL; TAKING JUDGING SERIOUSLY”: ONLINE GUEST LECTURE BY JUSTICE RUTH RONNEN, THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL PART OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH NETWORK JUDGES GUEST LECTURE SERIES…

Far from being settled, after Brexit the debates around the place of the UK in Europe continue to be a central aspect of British politics. They remain so ahead of…

The Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Labour manifestos offer markedly different visions for the future of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after the 2024 UK General Election . At one extreme, the Liberal Democrats offer…

If an application for asylum is refused, the applicant can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal. The latest tribunal statistics show a sharp increase in the number of asylum appeals lodged…

Friday 8th November 2024, 10:00am – 17:00pm, University of Worcester (in-person) A conference hosted by the University of Worcester School of Law and the Constitutions, Rights and Justice Research Group,…

On 11 June 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgment in Nealon and Hallam v United Kingdom. The case is important for…

For the first time, by way of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act (“the Act”), Parliament has legislated to quash criminal convictions. In this post I will argue that, no matter…

Introduction Recently Texas governor Gregg Abbott openly defied the federal government over migration control. Echoing ‘the secessionist rhetoric’ of the Confederacy and Civil War Era, he claimed that the federal…

*Editors’ Note: This post is part of the ‘Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Blog Series’* Unwritten constitutional principles supply much of the foundation – or ‘hidden wiring’ – of the…

*Editors’ Note: This post is part of the ‘Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Blog Series’* Throughout the life of devolution, the courts appear to have diverged on how to properly…

*Editors’ Note: This post is part of the ‘Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Blog Series’* It remains commonplace, both in political and public law discourse, to describe the Royal Prerogative…

On 13 May 2024, Humphreys J in the Northern Ireland High Court delivered his judgment in The matter of Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, JR295 and the Illegal Migration Act…

*Editors’ note:  This post is part of a series on ‘the Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles’* Constitutional structures generally leave space for institutional innovations that can enhance the democratic process. One such…

Introduction Who gets to interpret and articulate unwritten constitutional principles (UCPs) or constitutional silences? In answering that question, we often assume that the key institutional actors are either the courts…

Unwritten constitutionalism is often associated with Westminster systems, but it is arguably a feature of all constitutional democracies, including jurisdictions with highly codified constitutions. The ‘unwritten’ facets of the constitution…

In 2021 the then Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP cited the principle of legality as an example of an aspect of public law that might ‘take on a life…

In one of the most celebrated passages in legal history, Lord Atkin stated in Liversidge v Anderson [1942] AC 206 that whether in war or in peace, the laws speak in the…

Human rights in the UK are routinely reviewed by various UN bodies – treaty bodies, special procedures, and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The influence of these activities in the…

University of Bristol Law School, 1 July 2024 We are excited to announce a one-day workshop for PhD candidates and early-career academics whose research interests fall broadly within constitutional law…

Commentary on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act (“RA”), which is shortly to receive Royal Assent, has concentrated principally on its deeming of Rwanda as a safe country…

Following pressure from the in-coming Blair government, in the late 1990s the three Crown Dependencies enacted legislation modelled closely on the UK Human Rights Act 1998 – in Jersey, the…

SLS Sponsored Collaborative Workshop for PhD Candidates and Early Career Academics in Public Law, Labour Law, Migration & Asylum, and Human Rights Durham, 20 June 2024 We are pleased to…

The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill was introduced into Parliament before Christmas, starting in the House of Lords, to which it will shortly return for consideration of Commons amendments. Generally, the…

The Work and Pensions Committee is conducting an inquiry on a highly important matter: how vulnerable welfare claimants are safeguarded by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), and whether…

As it becomes clear the Labour Party is on course to win the next general election, greater attention is being paid to their intended programme for government. Despite the current…

Constitutionalism Beyond the State and the Role of Domestic Constitutional Courts 30-31 May 2024, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre Almost fifty years have passed since the German Federal Constitutional Court rendered…

The Editorial Committee of Public Law invites Guest Editors to submit proposals for a themed set of ‘Analysis’ papers to be published in the April 2025 issue of the journal. This set…

How should the Centre of government (i.e., No 10 and the Cabinet Office) organise itself so that it is effective and ensures effective government more generally? A recent report, Power with…

The myriad problems with the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, as well as the policy that the Bill is supposed to facilitate, have been clearly documented. One common criticism is that…

In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the UK dealt a critical blow to the government’s proposal to send certain asylum seekers to the Republic of Rwanda. In AAA and Others…

Joanna Cherry KC MP has suggested (here and in parliament), somewhat indirectly, that the nobile officium of the Court of Session might, insofar as it “exists to give remedies where…

This is a call for women to be involved in the creation of a Women in UK Public Law Group, which will be an inclusive and intersectional network to facilitate mutual support among women in the field of UK public law. We are open to researchers and practitioners…

On the fourth of February, Nationalists and Unionists agreed to form a new government in Northern Ireland. For five of the seven years since 2017 Northern Ireland has been governed…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability’. The other posts in the series will be available here.* From the rise of so-called…

It is hard to think of a concept with a more contested definition in legal and political circles than “the rule of law”. The question of what content (if any)…

In a recent comment on the Government’s Rwanda Bill and on speculations about an unprecedented strike down by the Supreme Court, Professor Mark Elliott asked a question that has been…

***** Constitutional Reform in the UK: A Conference on the Brown Commission Report (Part Two) 1 March 2024 | 09.00 – 17.00 British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17…

International Society of Public Law British-Irish Chapter CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS: TECHNIQUES OF CONSTITUTIONAL REGULATION London School of Economics 20-21 May 2024 The constitutional upheavals affecting the United Kingdom…

The upheaval of the UK constitution from 2016 onwards has been associated with a host of individuals, from David Cameron to Boris Johnson to Dominic Cummings, who have received the…

*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability’. The other posts in the series will be available here.* It is difficult to provide…

The recently announced plan to increase the minimum income requirement (MIR) to £38,700 led to widespread criticism, with the government appearing to exclude all but the affluent from establishing family life in…

Successive UK Governments have promised to regulate less, better or smarter to promote economic growth and competitiveness while protecting consumers, workers and the environment. Relatively low visibility reviews and reports…

The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 29 January 2024, having cleared the House of Commons unamended.  There…

Launch Event – University of Bristol Law School’s Centre for European and Public Law, 30th January 2024 The University of Bristol Law School is delighted to invite you to the…

Parliamentary Academic Fellowships in Constitutional Law and Lobbying and Ethics The UK Parliament has just launched the recruitment of two Parliamentary Academic Fellows. This Scheme gives university-based researchers and staff…

Some commentators have claimed that the decision to expedite the process of formally exonerating the sub-postmasters potentially runs afoul of certain core constitutional principles, in particular the separation of powers. It has also…

Last year’s Supreme Court decision in R (AAA) v Home Secretary – which found the British government’s Rwanda policy to be unlawful – has reignited broader debates about the position…

Münster Conference on Future-Proofing in Public Law – Call for Abstracts The Faculty of Law at the University of Münster invites you to the Second Münster Conference on Public International…

This is a reminder that the UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 1.30pm on the 10th of January 2024 in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, 4-8…

This week, the Outer House of the Court of Session delivered judgment in Re Scottish Minister’s Petition 2023 CSOH 89. The case concerned the lawfulness of an Order made under…

At the outset of their judgment for the Supreme Court in R (Miller) v Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41, [2020] AC 373 (a.k.a. Miller No. 2), Lady Hale and Lord Reed sought to…

The UKCLA blog will be taking a break over the Christmas period – the blog will be closed from Thursday 21st December 2023 and will re-open on Monday 8th January…

University of Portsmouth, 26-28 March 2024 STREAM: CONSTITUTIONALISM IN DEVELOPING DEMOCRACIES CALL FOR PAPERS Stable constitutionalism is generally regarded as one of the characteristics associated with advanced democracies.However, emerging research…

With the year drawing to a close, time is running out in which to join the UK Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) as a member for 2023 or to renew membership…

Michael Foran has eloquently defended on this blog the decision by Lady Haldane in Re Scottish Minister’s Petition 2023 CSOH 89 which found the Secretary of State for Scotland’s maiden exercise of the power…

“Public inquiries are one of Britain’s only growth industries,” the Financial Times has suggested recently. Research from the Institute for Government demonstrates that there were 69 public inquiries launched between 1990 and 2017,…

10th January 2024 The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 1.30pm on the 10th of January 2024 in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens,…

At the beginning of the year, this blog covered the report from the House of Lords Constitution Committee into the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers, with Conor Casey’s post focusing in…

Wednesday 10 April 2024, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool More than 25 years after the conclusion of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the continued instability of devolved government in…