UK Constitutional Law Association
Monday 18 November, 5pm – Inn of Court, Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast Members of the UK Constitutional […] Thomas Horsley, Coree Brown Swan, Nicola McEwen and Lisa Claire Whitten: Westminster Rules: The United Kingdom Internal Market Act and Devolution. The UK Labour Government is committed to resetting relations with the devolved ...
Robert Craig: The constitutional implications of legislating to ...
Jan 16, 2024 · Some commentators have claimed that the decision to expedite the process of formally exonerating the sub-postmasters potentially runs afoul of certain core constitutional principles, in particular the separation of powers. It has also been claimed that the ‘crown does not have a prerogative of justice but only a prerogative of …
Michael Foran: Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Politics of …
Oct 18, 2021 · Parliamentary sovereignty has traditionally been understood to mean that Parliament is free to enact legislation on any area of law that it chooses, and that Acts of the U.K. Parliament take precedence over subordinate legislation, regulation, or common law rule. Understood this way, parliamentary sovereignty is a constitutional principle that is couched explicitly in legal…
Philip Murray: - UK Constitutional Law Association
Jul 5, 2023 · To many, ouster clauses represent a conflict between, on the one hand, the will of a sovereign Parliament and, on the other, the rule of law’s demands that public bodies act within the limits of their powers. The common law has traditionally sought to interpret ouster clauses restrictively, employing reasoning articulated classically (but far from…
Michael Foran: - UK Constitutional Law Association
Mar 17, 2021 · The Supreme Court has come under significant criticism for its handling of the Shamima Begum case, decided on 26 February. Much has already been said in relation to the deference that the court showed to the executive, with some arguing that it was improper or even a complete abdication of the judicial role itself. This…
About UKCLA – UK Constitutional Law Association
The Association. The United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) is the UK’s national body of constitutional law scholars affiliated to the International Association of Constitutional Law.Its object is to ‘encourage and promote the advancement of knowledge relating to United Kingdom constitutional law (broadly defined) and the study of constitutions generally’.
Lewis Graham: A Constitutional Clash Averted: Nealon and Hallam …
On 11 June 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgment in Nealon and Hallam v United Kingdom.The case is important for two reasons: firstly, because it provides a long-awaited clarification of the law relating to the presumption of innocence under Article 6 of the Convention; secondly, because it allows Strasbourg to …
Michael Foran: Interpretation after the Human Rights Act? The …
Sep 12, 2022 · Last week Liz Truss’s cabinet decided to shelve the proposed British Bill of Rights. Quite a lot has been said about the Bill since it was announced and many have welcomed the quiet demise of what was perceived by some to be a dangerous inroad into our human rights protection. Others have suggested that the…
Judicial review – UK Constitutional Law Association
Gabriel Tan: A confused approach to irrationality: Oakley and Sneddon v Secretary of State for Justice. UURead More. On 28 October 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its eagerly-awaited judgment in Oakley and Sneddon v Secretary of State […] …
UK Constitutional Law Association
On 26 June 2018, after nearly a year of deliberation by Parliament, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “Act”) received royal assent. It is a statute of profound importance to the legal systems of the UK. This post seeks briefly to summarise the purpose and architecture of the Act and to outline ten key…