Constitutional law

Pain ahead for lawyers? Dominic Regan takes a look into his crystal ball for the future of fixed costs & recounts a particularly unfortunate disclosure…

NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan looks into his crystal ball this week, predicting a timescale for fixed costs reforms as well as recounting an unfortunate disclosure by a judge

Lawyers have called on the government to do its best to help avert a refugee and humanitarian crisis, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched an inquiry into the roles of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers, exploring how they currently operate, how they have evolved since the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and whether any changes are necessary

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