header-logo header-logo

Constitutional law

Subscribe

Michael L Nash explores Ireland’s departure from, & possible return to, the Commonwealth

Rebecca Probert provides a handy guide to the law governing royal marriages

Post-Conway, David Lawson considers the future of challenges to the law on assisted suicide

Did the Vote Leave NHS funding pledge deprive the UK of membership of the EU?

Judicial independence remains a perennial issue in all democracies, as Geoffrey Bindman explains

Athelstane Aamodt provides a master class in impeachment at home & abroad

If we value the rule of law, we must not take our judges for granted, says Khawar Qureshi QC

David Wolchover contends that there is no mandate for the UK to be taken out of the EU & considers how the European Parliament may force a further referendum

Convention says no, but theoretically a life or hereditary life peer could become prime minister, as Alec Samuels explains

The impact of Brexit, the outcome of the latest Jackson costs review and taming the “monster” of e-disclosure are of critical importance if the UK is to retain its standing as the dominant legal centre.

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
back-to-top-scroll