Constitutional law

Professor Graham Zellick KC questions why parliamentarians are able to misuse their immunity with impunity

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

How has a phrase that appears nowhere in the supreme law of the US managed to become part of it? Athelstane Aamodt considers the history

Trans rights in the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court judgment is a complex and sensitive area. In this week’s NLJ, Dr Graham Zellick KC, emeritus professor of law and former vice-chancellor of the University of London, reflects on the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland, the wider societal context behind the decision and the limited powers of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, under which gender recognition certificates are issued

Graham Zellick KC reflects on the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland, & whether it is the last word on the vexed subject of trans rights

Neil Parpworth analyses Green v UK, in which the European Court of Human Rights upheld parliamentarians’ protection

A parliamentary committee is investigating the sub judice resolution, which prevents MPs from referring to a current or impending court case

Ceri Morgan analyses the response to lender liability in motor finance broker commission cases

FirstRand, a hotly-anticipated Supreme Court judgment likely to arrive in July, could have far-reaching implications for the motor finance and wider financial services industries. In this week’s NLJ, Ceri Morgan, membership secretary of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, and knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills, explores the fiduciary duties involved, the key questions that will need to be answered by the Supreme Court, and the impact on the motor finance market

A waste of time or due process? Neil Parpworth reports on the Lords debating the Lords