Constitutional law

John Cleverly & Azeem Suterwalla consider the potentially far-reaching & unexpected effects of proposals in the Judicial Review and Courts Bill

The Judicial Review and Courts Bill may be described in some quarters as ‘relatively uncontroversial’―but it has ‘potentially far-reaching effects’. Writing in this week’s NLJ, John Cleverly, senior associate at Osborne Clarke and Azeem Suterwalla, barrister at Monckton Chambers, explore the unexpected effects of the Bill, which endured a bumpy ride at second reading in the House of Lords this week and is now on its way to scrutiny at committee stage

Brexit campaign company Leave.EU has lost its appeal against a ruling that it breached data protection laws after failing to turn up to court

Neil Parpworth looks at current Downing Street shenanigans through the lens of a previous legal challenge

Misbehaviour in public office: John Gould examines the limitations of the Ministerial Code

It's on every news bulletin, website and newspaper―potential rule-breaking in Downing Street

Michael L Nash explores the secretive history surrounding the sealing of royal wills

It is time for the UK government to stop looking inward & restore its place as a global human rights champion, says Geoffrey Bindman

A rash game? David Greene reflects on recent events & predicts the legal highs & lows in the year ahead

Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC laments the direction of travel of the UK government when it comes to human rights and turns his attention to the current Lord Chancellor’s stated views, in this week’s NLJ