Proposals are sought for papers for a workshop on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The workshop, which will take place ...

1 post published by UKCLA during November 2025Proposals are sought for papers for a workshop on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The workshop, which will […] ...

Posts about Land Law written by UKCLAAntonia Layard: Darwall and the Public Life of Private Property When wealthy landowners, Alexander and Diana Darwall, sued a national park authority to stop people ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe […] ...

Posts about New Labour written by UKCLA and Constitutional Law Group ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK’s departure from the EU was marked, at least in legal terms, by a curious combination of change and continuity. One key issue ripe for change was the principle of the supremacy of EU law. Vote ...

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 ...