A response to critics of alleged judicial overreach in the face of legislative and governmental arbitrariness| Double Aspect
Judge blocked her attempt to keep her name secret during the hearing A highly controversial senior coroner is facing serious allegations that she or her staff removed parts of a transcript and recording of her hearing into the death of a talented and hardworking ITV news editor Teresa McMahon who was found hanged at her […]| Westminster Confidential
There is much to learn from a recent English decision on police impartiality| Double Aspect
Despite the Ministry of Justice releasing some helpful but limited data relating to judicial reviews, it is hard […]| UK Constitutional Law Association
Lord Reed is right to argue that the role of the judiciary needs to be explained and defended more carefully than ever thanks to the challenges wrought by the rise of populism. And if experience el…| Public Law for Everyone
The Supreme Court’s judgment in R (The Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2025] UKSC 11 traverses some important ground concerning the principle of legality and heightened-scrutiny rationality review — and serves as a reminder that a good deal of work remains to be done if doctrine and principle are to […]| Public Law for Everyone
The judgment of Chamberlain J in KP v Foreign Secretary revisits and clarifies some fundamentals about the nature of substantive judicial review. In doing so, it reminds us that the ‘proporti…| Public Law for Everyone
Government proposals to streamline judicial review of decisions authorising major infrastructure projects have been branded ‘Trumpian’. As well as being misplaced, such criticisms risk …| Public Law for Everyone
On 23 January, Sir Keir Starmer announced plans to ‘stop blockers getting in the way’ of infrastructure development, by introducing restrictions on judicial review of infrastructure projects. Notwi…| UK Constitutional Law Association
Loper Bright significantly expands the power of the Supreme Court at the expense of democratic institutions of government.| The Regulatory Review