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Secrets and lies: The UK’s troubled regime of freedom of information

Second-year LSE law student Nhan Pham-Thanh explores the chequered history of freedom of information in the UK, currently stalled under Boris Johnson’s government

Jun 14 2022 10:54am
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What is Queen’s consent and why it matters

First-year law student Michal Smigla explores the obscure feature of our constitution and explains why it should be abolished

Feb 15 2021 10:30am
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Part 3: Does the government’s COVID-19 response comply with the rule of law?

Oxford law grad and aspiring barrister Jordan Briggs wades into the Dominic Cummings saga in this final instalment of a three-part mini-series

Dec 9 2020 10:42am
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Part 2: Does the government’s COVID-19 response comply with the rule of law?

Oxford law grad and aspiring barrister Jordan Briggs examines five further criteria in this second instalment of a three-part mini-series

Dec 2 2020 9:34am
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Does the government’s COVID-19 response comply with the rule of law?

Oxford law grad and aspiring barrister Jordan Briggs takes a look at the episodes of the last eight months in this first instalment of a three-part mini-series

Nov 25 2020 10:30am
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Meet the experts who will consider reforming judicial review

Oxford law grad Jordan Briggs profiles the independent panel tasked with looking at potential reform

Aug 4 2020 1:20pm

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Constitutional statutes: a brief overview

Bolton University academic John McGarry explains the distinction between ordinary and constitutional statutes

Nov 26 2019 10:20am
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Challenging the EU Withdrawal Act

Bolton Uni academic Dr John McGarry explains why the courts would not strike the Act down as invalid

Sep 25 2019 11:55am
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Joshua Rozenberg on the power of judicial review

Two major, and very different, cases step into the spotlight

Mar 1 2018 9:09am
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Joshua Rozenberg: We need to be more open about punishing badly-behaved judges

Lack of transparency blights the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office

Nov 23 2017 9:03am
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A crisis in the judiciary: Joshua Rozenberg on the High Court’s failure to staff its benches

Rumour has it only 19 appointments were approved of this year’s 25 vacancies

Oct 16 2017 9:58am
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Will a Brexit from the UN be next?

How it would differ from leaving the EU

Aug 18 2017 10:12am

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An open letter to the new Lord Chancellor from Joshua Rozenberg

David Lidington can learn from Liz Truss’ mistakes

Jun 19 2017 10:42am
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Why are Brits so unsure of their right to challenge government in the courts?

We don’t know our public law in the same way Americans seem to

Feb 14 2017 10:00am
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The Supreme Court’s Brexit ruling is not the victory Gina Miller thinks it is

It just shows the constitution needs an overhaul, badly

Feb 7 2017 1:46pm
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Brexit: Theresa May’s decision to keep schtum is a lesson in negotiation all lawyers could learn from

Keeping quiet is a strategy in itself

Feb 1 2017 10:16am
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Are we about to see the end of the magistrates’ court?

New reform plans may plunge the magistracy into an existential crisis

Jan 5 2017 10:51am
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Article 50 challenge: An autopsy of the Supreme Court livestream

What did we learn, who stole the show, and who is going to win

Dec 13 2016 11:02am

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The Brexit High Court challenge: why the Lord Chief Justice has opened Pandora’s box

Welcome to the constitutional aftershocks of the leave vote

Nov 29 2016 9:53am
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What would happen if the Queen went on a crime spree?

Prosecuting the monarch: a whistle stop tour of the legal difficulties

Nov 24 2016 11:15am
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Brexit legal challenge: A look at the government’s skeleton argument

I’m gobsmacked

Oct 12 2016 11:58am