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When wealthy landowners, Alexander and Diana Darwall, sued a national park authority to stop people pitching their tents […] ...
Panel Discussion on the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’ 18:00-19:30 Monday 24th February 2025 University of […] ...
The myriad problems with the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, as well as the policy that the Bill is […] ...
In a report published on 11 May, the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (“SLSC”) drew attention to a constitutional issue of considerable interest and novelty. The SLSC drew the ...
Pierre Janelle diagnosed the root cause of The Catholic Reformation as “anarchy the disease within the church”. It is my contention that unaccountability is the disease within Government and the root ...
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 and 4 of the HRA 1998. This ...
On Thursday 26 th March the Supreme Court concluded, to the delight of The Guardian and the dismay of the Prime Minister, that communications between Prince Charles and government Ministers – the ...
In a ground-breaking decision, the High Court in Miller issued a declaratory order that ‘the Secretary of State does not have power under the Crown’s prerogative to give notice pursuant to Article 50 ...
It is entirely possible for a subsidy to be granted by legislation: legislation may provide, for example, for payments to be made or for more favourable tax treatment of favoured sectors. The ...
The UK has finally made an offer to allow some EU citizens to retain some rights in the UK after Brexit. There are two sets of issues that arise: the substantive rights that will need to be agreed to, ...