
Rule 39 and the Rule of Law
This report considers the legal status of “interim measures” that are indicated by (a single judge of) the European Court of Human Rights under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. Many lawyers and jurists argue that failure to comply with a Rule 39 measure would...

Government by proclamation? A symposium
The events of recent years have brought into sharp focus the relationship between government and Parliament, with many jurists lamenting the former’s dominance of the latter. The balance of powers within the political constitution is a matter of the highest...

Physician-Assisted Suicide
A new report by Policy Exchange slams the ‘flawed’ Parliamentary debate on assisted dying and urges Parliament to show caution and restraint in this matter. Written by Professor John Keown, one of the world’s leading ethicists, the report warns that the law in Canada...

How to legislate about small boats
New legislation is needed to give effect to a policy that persons who arrive (or attempt to arrive) in the UK unlawfully on a small boat will be removed from the UK and will never be allowed to settle here. There is a strong risk that legislation will be proposed...

Amending the Public Order Bill
The Public Order Bill is an important opportunity to reform the law relating to protest and thus to restore public order to our streets. The Bill as introduced created several new offences which were likely to prove unworkable because they had a “reasonable excuse”...

Between Law and Politics
This report considers the constitutional role of the Law Officers and defends the institutional status quo. The current configuration of the Attorney General (and Solicitor General), as a law officer with legal and political dimensions, works well. Moving to an...