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Following pressure from the in-coming Blair government, in the late 1990s the three Crown Dependencies enacted legislation modelled closely on
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Early Career Workshop in Public Law, Labour Law, Migration & Asylum, and Human Rights – UK Constitutional Law Association
SLS Sponsored Collaborative Workshop for PhD Candidates and Early Career Academics in Public Law, Labour Law, Migration & Asylum, and
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Paul F Scott: Spying on Parliamentarians – UK Constitutional Law Association
The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill was introduced into Parliament before Christmas, starting in the House of Lords, to which it
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Are Statutory Duties to Protect the ‘Vulnerable’ a Good Idea? – UK Constitutional Law Association
The Work and Pensions Committee is conducting an inquiry on a highly important matter: how vulnerable welfare claimants are safeguarded
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A Future Constitutional Battleground? Expropriation, Compensation, and the Right to Peaceful Enjoyment of Property under the European Convention on Human Rights – UK Constitutional Law Association
As it becomes clear the Labour Party is on course to win the next general election, greater attention is being
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Solange 50th Anniversary Conference/ Global South Network lecture – Supreme Constitutional Court of Palestine – UK Constitutional Law Association
Constitutionalism Beyond the State and the Role of Domestic Constitutional Courts 30-31 May 2024, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre Almost
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Severance Pay: What it is and How it Works
Severance Pay The Ontario Employment Standards Act (ESA) protects workers from unfair treatment when they are terminated from their jobs.
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Call for Guest Editors of Public Law’s Annual Themed Analysis Section (2025) – UK Constitutional Law Association
The Editorial Committee of Public Law invites Guest Editors to submit proposals for a themed set of ‘Analysis’ papers to be published
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Making Government Work, or ‘How I learned to stop worrying and love the Centre of Government’ – UK Constitutional Law Association
How should the Centre of government (i.e., No 10 and the Cabinet Office) organise itself so that it is effective
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The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and the Judicial ‘Disapplication’ of Statutes – UK Constitutional Law Association
The myriad problems with the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, as well as the policy that the Bill is supposed to
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The UK’s Rwanda policy and Lessons from Australia – UK Constitutional Law Association
In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the UK dealt a critical blow to the government’s proposal to send certain
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An Undertapped Resource? – UK Constitutional Law Association
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Women in UK Public Law Group – UK Constitutional Law Association
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
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“Parity of Esteem? Ní Cheapaim!” – UK Constitutional Law Association
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Agonistic Constitutionalism and Accountability – UK Constitutional Law Association
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XY v Secretary of State for the Home Department – UK Constitutional Law Association
It is hard to think of a concept with a more contested definition in legal and political circles than “the
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Public Law Lecture 2024 / Bingham Centre Conference on Brown Commission – UK Constitutional Law Association
***** Constitutional Reform in the UK: A Conference on the Brown Commission Report (Part Two) 1 March 2024 | 09.00 – 17.00 British
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ICON-S GBIE Conference / IALS Lecture – UK Constitutional Law Association
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The upheaval of the UK constitution from 2016 onwards has been associated with a host of individuals, from David Cameron
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The legality of the new minimum income requirement – UK Constitutional Law Association
The recently announced plan to increase the minimum income requirement (MIR) to £38,700 led to widespread criticism, with the government appearing to
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The First Statutory Report on Retained EU Law – UK Constitutional Law Association
Successive UK Governments have promised to regulate less, better or smarter to promote economic growth and competitiveness while protecting consumers,
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The House of Lords, Constitutional Propriety, and the Safety of Rwanda Bill – UK Constitutional Law Association
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 29
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Bristol Centre Launch – Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Discussion – UK Constitutional Law Association
Launch Event – University of Bristol Law School’s Centre for European and Public Law, 30th January 2024 The University of
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Parliamentary Academic Fellowships in Constitutional Law and Lobbying and Ethics The UK Parliament has just launched the recruitment of two
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The constitutional implications of legislating to exonerate the Post Office sub-postmasters – UK Constitutional Law Association
Some commentators have claimed that the decision to expedite the process of formally exonerating the sub-postmasters potentially runs afoul of certain core constitutional
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The Stranglehold of New Labour and Lord Irvine’s Rights-based Constitution – UK Constitutional Law Association
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With the year drawing to a close, time is running out in which to join the UK Constitutional Law Association
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An alternative view on the appropriate intensity of judicial scrutiny of the s.35 Scotland Act 1998 order – UK Constitutional Law Association
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
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UKCLA Annual General Meeting and Round Table – UK Constitutional Law Association
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Christmas Break – UK Constitutional Law Association
The UKCLA blog will be taking a break over the Christmas period – the blog will be closed from Thursday
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On the Role of Unwritten Constitutional Principles in the Interpretation of the Scotland Act – UK Constitutional Law Association
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Constitutional Essentials – UK Constitutional Law Association
Virtual Symposium on “Constitutional Essentials” by Frank Michelman, Friday 15th December 2023, 1.30pm The Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative at
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What’s wrong with the Safety of Rwanda Bill? – UK Constitutional Law Association
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The Accountability Gap – UK Constitutional Law Association
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability’. The other posts in the
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The constitutional limits of mandatory orders – UK Constitutional Law Association
The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in R (on the application of Imam) (Respondent) v London Borough of Croydon (Appellant) [2023] UKSC
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Rule of Law, Political Accountability and the Importance of Culture – UK Constitutional Law Association
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability’. The other posts in the
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Past, Present and Future – UK Constitutional Law Association
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Power without accountability – UK Constitutional Law Association
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(How) Can Big Government Be Kept Accountable? – UK Constitutional Law Association
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘Contemporary Challenges for Constitutional Accountability’. The other posts in the
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Recent Developments on the Status of EU Derived Case Law – UK Constitutional Law Association
Brexit has been and continues to be a complicated process to understand, especially for continental lawyers. Nevertheless, it is interesting
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The Court of Appeal’s Decision in LA (Albania) – UK Constitutional Law Association
In the summer I wrote on this blog about the Administrative Court’s decision in R (Oceana) v Upper Tribunal [2023] EWHC 791 (Admin). Oceana was the
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Tinkering with International Law and the Constitution – UK Constitutional Law Association
On 15 November, the Supreme Court issued its much-awaited judgment in the case of AAA and others v the Home Secretary,
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Anti-Oligarchic Constitutionalism – UK Constitutional Law Association
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On Ouster Clauses (Again) – UK Constitutional Law Association
When we think of the most important ouster clauses in the law of judicial review, we might think of the
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