We Are Never Out of the Hands of Men: The Contagious Diseases Act
In the 19th century, the Contagious Diseases Acts were passed in the UK and Ireland to curtail the spread of ...
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The White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill: Part I – Good News
On Thursday 30 March, David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, gave a statement in the ...
Essop v Home Office: Proving Indirect Discrimination
Yesterday, the UK Supreme Court gave a much-anticipated judgment in the case of Essop v Home Office, concerning ...
Re-victimizing Victims of Sexual Assault: UK Child Benefit Laws
In the last few years, the UK has been relentlessly pursuing austerity measures and drastically reducing welfare ...
First Group v Paulley: Towards Accessible and Inclusive Public Transport?
First Group Bus v Paulley is the first UK Supreme Court (or House of Lords) case on reasonable adjustments in ...
After Miller: Legislating for Constitutional and Democratic Legitimacy
In Miller, the Supreme Court ruled by majority that ministers have no prerogative power to invoke article 50(2) of ...
The Law Commission’s Consultation on the Protection of Official Data
The recent publication of the Law Commission’s consultation paper The Protection of Official Data has generated a ...
The EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Bargaining Chips on the Commons Table
On 8th February, the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill passed Third Reading in the House of Commons, by 494 ...
What’s in a name? The criminal implications of pleasantries
In September a new batch of research assistants started at the Law Commission in London. Having collected them ...
Miller, the European Union Withdrawal Bill, and the Non-explanatory Notes
In her blog posting of January 24th 2017 about the decision of the Supreme Court in the Miller case, Professor ...
What kind of extremist will you be?
The UK Government’s procedure for identifying ‘dangerous extremists’ has come under legal scrutiny (at long last) ...
UK Supreme Court Rules in Brexit Case
On 24 January 2017, the UK Supreme Court ruled in the case Miller and Dos Santos vs. Secretary of State for ...
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