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The United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association.

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Gareth Evans: Revisiting Senedd reform: Post-implementation review of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/10/22/g...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgGareth Evans: Revisiting Senedd reform: Post-implementation review of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (“the Act”) introduced major structural and electoral changes to Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament) which took effect for the election on 7 May 2026. …
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Craig Wells: The Veneer of Contentment: Mustafa, Salford and the Gaps the Deprivation of Liberty Reference Left Behind ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/10/19/c...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgCraig Wells: The Veneer of Contentment: Mustafa, Salford and the Gaps the Deprivation of Liberty Reference Left BehindIn June I argued on this blog that the Supreme Court’s decision in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16 broke faith with a discipline that runs from chapter 29 of…
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Joanna Bell & Hayley J Hooper: Not in my (Constitutional) Backyard: How Not to Speed Up Planning Challenges ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/10/08/j...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgJoanna Bell & Hayley J Hooper: Not in my (Constitutional) Backyard: How Not to Speed Up Planning ChallengesImportant issues of UK constitutional law can arise in the most unusual of places. Some of the most important cases on undergraduate reading lists, for example, concerned disputes about fishing lic…
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Richard Martin: Scenes from the Garvaghy Road, 2026: Protest, Police and Public Law in Northern Ireland ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/30/r...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgRichard Martin: Scenes from the Garvaghy Road, 2026: Protest, Police and Public Law in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland’s so-called marching season is usually petering out by now. This year looks to be different. On Sunday 27 September, after a 28-year wait and a flurry of last-minute legal challeng…
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Patrick Graham: Legality, Legitimacy, and Durability – The Limits of Constitutional Reform in Northern Ireland ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/28/p...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgPatrick Graham: Legality, Legitimacy, and Durability – The Limits of Constitutional Reform in Northern IrelandThere is some unreality to the current clamour for reform of Northern Ireland’s devolved government. The three major non-unionist parties, as well as the British and Irish governments, have propose…
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Francesca Jackson: Jamaica’s petition to King Charles on slavery reparations under s.4 Judicial Committee Act 1833: A constitutional analysis ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/23/f...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgFrancesca Jackson: Jamaica’s petition to King Charles on slavery reparations under s.4 Judicial Committee Act 1833: A constitutional analysisOn Monday 7th September 2026, Jamaica filed a petition with King Charles asking him to refer three specific questions on transatlantic slavery to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (‘JCPC’…
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David Erdos: Vince v Associated Newspapers: Have UK Data Protection’s Journalism Provisions Come of Age? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/22/d...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgDavid Erdos: Vince v Associated Newspapers: Have UK Data Protection’s Journalism Provisions Come of Age?In Vince v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWCA Civ 899, the Court of Appeal held that an unfair processing compensation claim under data protection law provided redress against the seriously misleadi…
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Thomas Horsley: Legislative Design in the Shadow of the UK Internal Market Act: The Food Price Cap (Scotland) Bill ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/16/t...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgThomas Horsley: Legislative Design in the Shadow of the UK Internal Market Act: The Food Price Cap (Scotland) BillThe Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce statutory price caps on essential food items provide a new test of the practical effects of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA) on d…
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Dane Luo: The Protection of “Purported Determinations” in the New Generation of Ouster Clauses ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/09/d...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgDane Luo: The Protection of “Purported Determinations” in the New Generation of Ouster ClausesRecently enacted clauses expressly include define a “determination” to include a “purported determination” or state that a court may not question a “determination or purported determination”. It is…
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Lewis Graham and Leah Trueblood: A right to information in domestic law: five points of interest for public lawyers ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/07/l...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgLewis Graham and Leah Trueblood: A right to information in domestic law: five points of interest for public lawyersIn a recent decision, the Upper Tribunal (‘the UT’) has found that the operation of section 44 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘FOIA’) breaches the right to access information under Article…
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Joanna Bell: The Immigration and Asylum Bill (Part 1): a proposal to rewire the relationship between asylum appeals and the Home Office ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/08/26/j...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgJoanna Bell: The Immigration and Asylum Bill (Part 1): a proposal to rewire the relationship between asylum appeals and the Home OfficeThe system which handles appeals against the Home Office’s asylum and immigration decisions looks set, once again, to be overhauled. If enacted, Part 1 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill woul…
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Crash Krylova – Trans people in prison: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/16/c...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgCrash Krylova – Trans people in prison: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59Introduction On 19 June 2026, the Outer House of the Court of Session handed down judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59 (“For Women Scotland 3”). This piece…
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Bhavya Johari – The Political Constitution’s Broken Promise: Arms, Sanctions and Accountability after Al-Haq ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/15/b...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgBhavya Johari – The Political Constitution’s Broken Promise: Arms, Sanctions and Accountability after Al-HaqIn September 2024, the Government suspended around thirty arms export licences to Israel, having found a clear risk that United Kingdom equipment might be used to commit serious violations of inter…
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Hleb Buziuk: Independent by Assertion: The Immigration and Asylum Bill and the Re-Departmentalisation of Adjudication ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/13/h...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgHleb Buziuk: Independent by Assertion: The Immigration and Asylum Bill and the Re-Departmentalisation of AdjudicationOn 13 July 2026, the Immigration and Asylum Bill is scheduled to receive its second reading in the House of Commons. Public attention has fixed on Part 2 and its Article 8 clauses. This post is abo…
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Aaditya Bajpai: Not a Ministry of Truth: The State’s Positive Duty to Prevent Algorithmically Amplified Misinformation from Triggering Rights-Harming Violence ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/02/a...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgAaditya Bajpai: Not a Ministry of Truth: The State’s Positive Duty to Prevent Algorithmically Amplified Misinformation from Triggering Rights-Harming ViolenceIntroduction “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes”. This line is credited to Mark Twain, but the thought is older. Jonathan Swift complained three cent…
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Hleb Buziuk: Downward Self-Correction: The AGNI Reference and the Mirror Principle in Reverse ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/30/h...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgHleb Buziuk: Downward Self-Correction: The AGNI Reference and the Mirror Principle in ReverseThe literature on section 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 has largely been preoccupied with a single direction of travel: how far domestic courts may go beyond the Strasbourg case law, or against it…
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Dimitrios Kivotidis: Economic Analysis of the British Constitution: Preliminary Thoughts ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/29/d...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgDimitrios Kivotidis: Economic Analysis of the British Constitution: Preliminary ThoughtsThis post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Whether one subscribes to the notion of the ‘ancient constitution’ or …
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Francesca Jackson: Princesses, the Privy Purse, and Parliament: Constitutional Issues Raised by the Royal Residences Report ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/22/f...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgFrancesca Jackson: Princesses, the Privy Purse, and Parliament: Constitutional Issues Raised by the Royal Residences ReportFollowing the release of the Report by the National Audit Office (‘NAO’) (‘the Report’) on royal residences, it has emerged that King Charles pays the rent on properties occupied by his nieces, Pri…
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Andrew Woodhouse: Power Failure – Electricity Nationalisation and The Erosion of the Public Corporation’s “Three Freedoms” (1947-1967) ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/18/a...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgAndrew Woodhouse: Power Failure – Electricity Nationalisation and The Erosion of the Public Corporation’s “Three Freedoms” (1947-1967)This post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. In 1966, as England won their last men’s football World Cup, the …
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Craig Wells: The Discipline of Reasons: Liberty, Vulnerability and Arbitrary Power in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/15/c...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgCraig Wells: The Discipline of Reasons: Liberty, Vulnerability and Arbitrary Power in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16It is seldom that the much-mythologised Magna Carta is actually engaged. Yet in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16 (the Deprivation of Liberty Reference) the Su…
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Sara Closs-Davies, Dominic de Cogan and Amy Lawton: Devolving Power, Dividing Outcomes – The Social Consequences of UK Fiscal Devolution ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/10/s...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgSara Closs-Davies, Dominic de Cogan and Amy Lawton: Devolving Power, Dividing Outcomes – The Social Consequences of UK Fiscal DevolutionThis post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Fiscal devolution in the United Kingdom (UK) is often examined through…
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Adrian Kreutz: Dualism, Constitutional Conservatism, and Politically Sensitive Judicial Review ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/09/a...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgAdrian Kreutz: Dualism, Constitutional Conservatism, and Politically Sensitive Judicial Review1. Introduction Recent public law cases concerning dualism––the operative divide between international and domestic jurisprudence––have prompted renewed debate about the constitutional role of judi…
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Yossi Nehushtan and Faye Thomas: Retrospective Rule Making, the Rule of Law, and UK Immigration Policy ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/27/y...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgYossi Nehushtan and Faye Thomas: Retrospective Rule Making, the Rule of Law, and UK Immigration PolicyIn this post we differentiate between two types of retrospective rule making (RRM): RRM in the strong sense and RRM in the weak sense. We then argue that both types of RRM may violate the rule of l…
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Nikos Skoutaris: Fault Lines: The UK’s Asymmetric Constitution and the Problem of Self-Determination After May 2026 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/21/n...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgNikos Skoutaris: Fault Lines: The UK’s Asymmetric Constitution and the Problem of Self-Determination After May 2026For the first time in the history of devolution, nationalist or independence-oriented parties lead all three devolved nations simultaneously: Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru in Wales, an…
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Dane Luo: Andy Burnham and the Constitution – The Conventions on the Appointment of the Prime Minister ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/20/d...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgDane Luo: Andy Burnham and the Constitution – The Conventions on the Appointment of the Prime MinisterAfter disastrous local government election results for the Labour Party, speculation has been rife about an internal leadership challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. On Thursday 14 May 2026, th…
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Call for Papers – Extended Deadline: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/19/c...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgCall for Papers – Extended Deadline: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and TheoryUKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory – University of Bristol – 10 June 2026 *Final call for papers – deadline extended to Sunday 24th May 2026* Bristol Universit…
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Thomas Poole and Elena De Nictolis: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/19/t...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgThomas Poole and Elena De Nictolis: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026After months of parliamentary debate, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (‘English Devolution Act’) received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026. The Act has important implications…
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Colin Murray: Hollowing out Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Rights Protections in Re Dillon [2026] UKSC 15 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/14/c...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgColin Murray: Hollowing out Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Rights Protections in Re Dillon [2026] UKSC 15The Good and Faithful Servants One of the foundational assertions of judicial approaches to legislation in the UK comes from Willes J in Lee v Bude and Torrington Railway Co: We sit here as servant…
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Gareth Evans: The Senedd Election: What are the next steps for government formation in Wales? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/12/g...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgGareth Evans: The Senedd Election: What are the next steps for government formation in Wales?On 7 May 2026, the people of Wales went to the polls to elect the seventh Senedd Cymru. For a number of reasons, this was always destined to be a change election in Wales: using a new voting system…
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Jonathan Collinson: A New Independent Appeals Body for Immigration and Asylum: Accountability, Transparency, and Oversight ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/04/30/j...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgJonathan Collinson: A New Independent Appeals Body for Immigration and Asylum: Accountability, Transparency, and OversightThis post examines questions of accountability, transparency and oversight in the context of the UK government’s proposal for a new Independent Appeals Body for immigration and asylum decisions, re…
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Call for Papers: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/04/27/c...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgCall for Papers: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory, University of BristolBristol University’s Centre for European and Public Law (CEPL), and Liverpool University’s Public Law Unit are pleased to announce a one-day workshop for PhD candidates and early-career researchers…
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Antoinette Nestor: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”: Real-World Consequences and Environmental Assessment after Finch ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/04/22/a...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgAntoinette Nestor: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”: Real-World Consequences and Environmental Assessment after FinchEnvironmental Impact Assessments in the UK increasingly resemble We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. In Michael Rosen’s story, every obstacle presents the same catch phrase: “We can’t go over it. We can’t …
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Ronan Cormacain: Mandarin: Shining a light on prerogative legislation in the Chagos Islands ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/04/13/r...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgRonan Cormacain: Mandarin: Shining a light on prerogative legislation in the Chagos IslandsThe British Indian Ocean Territory Constitution Order 2004 is legislation made by Royal Prerogative. Section 9 provides that there is no right of abode in the Chagos Islands. In R (Mandarin) v HM B…
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Francesca Jackson: King Charles, President Trump and the State Visit: Some Constitutional Considerations ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/04/08/f...

ukconstitutionallaw.orgFrancesca Jackson: King Charles, President Trump and the State Visit: Some Constitutional ConsiderationsBuckingham Palace has finally announced that the King and Queen’s planned visit to the US will indeed go ahead at the end of April 2026. After US President Donald Trump launched a string of verbal …