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Malcolm Bishop KC looks back on the UK’s role in shaping our European Convention rights

Roger Smith enters the world of local politics

Pictured: Lancaster Castle gatehouse, with John of Gaunt statue

Michael L Nash examines the hereditary revenues of King Charles III, Duke of Lancaster

Do we want a written constitution? Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC sees a problem

Could the UK ever have a written constitution, and how would it affect the UK Supreme Court?

A 2023 hearing highlighted the status of the Conservative Party. But it was a missed opportunity to examine parties’ role more closely, argues Graham Zellick

Our current prime minister was ‘elected’ by about 160,000 Conservative Party members, yet members of the public have no right to know basic information about them

It’s arguably the most important rule of international law, trumping all domestic legislation. Malcolm Bishop KC examines jus cogens in the context of the Rwanda Bill

The Bill is a direct challenge to the authority of the Supreme Court & arguably to the rule of law itself, says Geoffrey Bindman KC

It’s all go in the world of civil litigation, writes Dominic Regan. But what happens when there’s no one at fault to foot the bill?

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Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

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Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

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Constitutional law

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly