I gave a lecture last night to the Statute Law Society on the subject of Writing a Constitution. Our constitution is sick (though its condition is chronic rather than acute); a written constitution is...

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has today published a call for evidence for its inquiry into the UK’s constitutional safeguards. It is inviting interested individuals and organisations...

The government must act to avoid the justice system returning to the crisis point seen when Labour entered office, or worse.

Constitution Unit by Lisa James and Arabella Lang, second edition, published October 2025.

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

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An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

On Friday 13 June, the House of Commons will once again debate the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. Specifically, it will hold a…

​Ending nuclear submarine deal would be blow to security alliance with Australia and UK

Our evidence on treaty scrutiny has been published by the House of Lords International Agreements Committee. Our submission outlines the problems with the existing framework for treaty scrutiny and wh...

Job Title:         Communications Officer Location:         Hybrid, with minimum 1-2 days per month at JUSTICE’s office near St Paul’s, London. Salary:              £35,742 per annum starting salary, ...

Timeline for Agreement, done at London and Port Louis on 22 May 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius...

AHRC is awarding £4.1 million to a new research centre aimed at responding to the public’s need for the law to be fairer, safer and more inclusive.

As the year comes to an end, blog editor Dave Busfield-Birch examines the blog’s content in 2024, and offers some insight into the reach of the blog through the lens of its readership statistics. The posts discussed cover topics such as the Balfour reforms of the Commons timetable, maiden speeches, how the new voting rules affected May’s PCC elections, the abolition of the hereditary peers, the role of the NAO, media, and monarchy in the UK constitution, and a personal favourite on how the weather can affect elections.

This appeal concerns a claim for bereavement support payment (“BSP”). BSP is a non-means-tested contributory benefit, the purpose of which is to assist with the additional expenditure typically associ...

We believe in the power of research to improve the world. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the policy experts at Overton to help you understand your published work’s policy impact, served up in an eas...

Quarterly statistics on people coming to UK, extensions of stay, total in asylum system, irregular migration, citizenship, EUSS, asylum, detentions and returns.

In an order sealed two days ago, the Lord Chancellor has settled the judicial review brought by Duncan Lewis on 10 June 2024, challenging the ongoing failure

Keir Starmer has published his ministerial code. But what does it say?