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...

Jed Meers, Eppie Leishman, and Iva Stojanovic (University of York), Simon Halliday (Strathclyde Law School), and Joe Tomlinson (King’s College London) have posted Administrative Justice, Apologies, and the Limits of Reason-Giving on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Apologies are among the most common remedies offered by public bodies and are a critical tool for maintaining public trust. Drawing on a survey experiment with 1,198 members of the public, this paper tests influential guidance issued by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on four key components of an effective apology—Regret, Responsibility, Reason, and Remedy—by examining attitudes to a Local Authority’s apology when a social care assessment goes wrong.

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...

The scandal erupting in relation to the latest revelations about Peter Mandelson’s  relationship with the multi-millionaire convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison awa…

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The rule of law in the UK is being weakened, and everyone must take steps to protect it against further erosion, says the House of Lords Constitution Committee.

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

Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May 2026, University of Manchester, United Kingdom The public law team at the University of Manchester Law Department, in collaboration with the UK Constitutional Law A…

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Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

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The government’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill reaches its report stage in the chamber this week – presenting a serious moment for possible amendments. Meg Russell argues that peers should…

Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s

A coalition of legal academics have drafted a letter setting out our support for trans rights and our concerns about the FWS v Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling. We are opening it up for signature to ev...

Promulgation is a fundamental component of most theories about the rule of law yet remains an under-theorised aspect of the concept. This article makes two contributions concerning the functions of p...

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The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

Anurag Deb and Lewis Graham Introduction There are many well-tuned arguments both for and against the liberalisation of the UK’s strict euthanasia laws, some more helpful than others. This piece is no...

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Providing advice in the abstract about how to write Law essays is difficult because so much depends on the nature of the question you are answering. It’s also important to take into account whateve…

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