Introduction The Burnham government’s ambitious plans to reform local devolution took their first concrete step with the ...

Across many parts of the administrative justice system, caseloads appear to be rising. Tribunals handling administrative appeals are currently experiencing record backlogs. Public sector ombudsmen ...

Introduction The Supreme Court will hear the Home Secretary’s appeal in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department on 4 and 5 November 2026. The case concerns the Home Secretary’s ...

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 of [its] own, and lead to the courts ...

The scandal erupting in relation to the latest revelations about Peter Mandelson’s relationship with the multi-millionaire convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison awaiting ...

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 Scottish ...

This was a judicial review of the SSHD’s decision to detain two claimants (“IS” and “AH”) at Brook House IRC between July 2023 and March 2024 [1]. Both claimants were released from an initial period ...

The Faculty of Advocates’ Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee is delighted to be hosting an upcoming lecture by Lord Justice Singh, a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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 ...

Preambles are a hallmark of constitutions, and questions regarding their inclusion and content are an important part of the drafting process: a clear majority of the 194 constitutions analysed by the ...

In the last few years Austerity Britain has generated a large number of judicial review challenges to public spending cuts, particularly against local authorities. Many cases allege that the public ...

The Attorney General is one of the most powerful and influential officers in the British Constitution. They are the chief adviser of the Crown on points of law and the chief counsel for the government ...