Constitutional law

In brief

Too rushed and too risky? In a two-part article, Professor Michael Zander QC reports on why the Carter reforms were savaged by the Constitutional Affairs Committee

Will the Ministry of Justice be fit for purpose? Geoffrey Bindman reports

The creation of the Ministry of Justice this week raises important issues of principle, according to senior members of the judiciary.

Is private international law due to meet
its Waterloo? asks Richard Frimston

Nicholas Bevan considers the treatment of personal injury claims in the final article of the 44th update to the CPR

Debate about the format and selection of our second chamber rages on, says Seamus Burns

The jurisprudential gold standard needs to be revisited

The Lord Chancellor has sought to justify proposed law changes, which will effectively curb press freedom, with a stinging attack on the media.

Nicholas Bevan considers the changes to PT36 in his second article on the 44th update to the CPR