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As a government lawyer your clients are experiencing various impacts on policy making from numerous and competing interests such as austerity, efficiency, collective/individual rights, European and devolved/delegated jurisdictions. Your job advising on legislation and risk of challenge through judicial review is increasingly time consuming and complex.
Brexit
With reform of retained EU law high on the agenda, post-Brexit legal changes remains a key issue. Get key information and updates for all practitioners, with practice area specific Brexit content across the modules.
Judicial Review
We outline the key principles and procedural requirements with a clear focus on the public sector perspective. The content focusses primarily on judicial review in the Administrative Court in England and Wales.
Public Procurement
Failure to stick to procedures can have significant legal, financial and practical consequences for a contracting authority. We guide you through various processes, focussing on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
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Latest Public Law Practice Notes
General Court State aid appeals—ongoing cases trackerThe below tracks live General Court appeal cases involving State aid (Articles 107 to 109 TFEU)....
Guide to insolvency in PFI/PF2 projectsThis Practice Note is a guide to insolvency in PFI/PF2 projects. The aim of this Practice Note is to provide...
Equality Act 2010—discrimination in the provision of goods, services and facilitiesThis Practice Note summarises the law and provides practical...
Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law trackerThis Practice Note tracks noteworthy High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme...
Parallel loan agreements in PFI/PF2 projectsThis Practice Note looks at parallel loan agreements in PFI and PF2 projects. It considers the background...
Latest Public Law Precedents
Defamation—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more training...
Particulars of claim—false imprisonment and personal injuryIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[[INSERT DIVISION]][[INSERT LOCATION] DISTRICT...
Summary grounds of resistance on behalf of the 1st, 2nd etc defendant[Insert case number]IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEKINGS BENCH DIVISIONADMINSTRATIVE...
Confirmation of assignment of intellectual property rights[insert address of sender]Our ref: [insert reference]Your ref: [insert reference][insert...
Personal data sharing clause—controller to controller—pro-receiving partyDefined terms: This Precedent clause uses the additional defined terms...
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Sources of constitutional law
Sources of constitutional lawIn briefThe British constitution is unwritten in the sense that it does not derive from a single constitutional text. It...
Methods of statutory interpretation
Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve disputes about the meaning of legislationIntroduction to statutory interpretationThe aim of...
Convention rights—structure of qualified rights
Convention rights—structure of qualified rightsThe rights preserved under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as set out in the Human...
Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol
Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
Grounds of judicial review—unreasonableness
Grounds of judicial review—unreasonablenessThis Practice Note outlines the ground of judicial review usually known as unreasonableness or...
What is fettering of discretion in judicial review? When is it an actionable ground of challenge and what must be established for a challenge to succeed?
Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciary
Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciarySource of the doctrine of the separation of powersThe origins of the doctrine of the...
Grounds of judicial review—illegality
Grounds of judicial review—illegalityOverview of the illegality groundIllegality is the first of the grounds on judicial review set out by Lord...
What is a public authority?
What is a public authority?There is no single, universal answer to the question whether a particular organisation is treated, in law, as a public...
Grounds of judicial review—procedural impropriety
Grounds of judicial review—procedural improprietyProcedural impropriety as a ground of judicial review‘Procedural impropriety’ is the last of the...
Judicial review—interested parties and interveners
Judicial review—interested parties and intervenersInterested partiesIn the context of judicial review, an interested party is 'any person (other than...
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repeal
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repealEssential to Parliament’s legislative supremacy is the principle that Parliament is not bound by its...
What is the legal basis and effect of revoking UK legislation?
Grounds of judicial review—breach of legitimate expectation
Grounds of judicial review—breach of legitimate expectationThe ground of challenge based on legitimate expectations is designed to hold a public...
Royal Charters
Royal ChartersWhat is a Royal Charter?The term 'Royal Charter' has transformed over time. Originally, a Royal Charter was a procedure by which the...
Costs for judicial review—general principles
Costs for judicial review—general principlesGeneral rule on costs in judicial reviewThe general rule in relation to costs in judicial review, as in...
Judicial review—what it is and when it can be used
Judicial review—what it is and when it can be usedWhat is judicial review?Judicial review is a process by which the courts exercise a supervisory...
Judicial deference and the margin of appreciation
Judicial deference and the margin of appreciationJudicial deference is also known as the principle that 'respect is a central concept in judicial...
Associated legal terms
Default risk
The risk that an issuer will not be able to make future interest (coupon) or capital (principal) payments. Bonds issued by the governments of most developed countries are generally regarded as having an extremely low default risk (AAA).
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
An Act of Parliament which criminalises stalking and/or other 'courses of conduct' (incidents which happen either repeatedly or at least more than once) which cause harassment and lead victims to suffer 'fear, alarm or distress'. As acts of harassment can be committed electronically, the PHA 1997 has also been used to secure prosecutions and convictions of social media users in addition to journalists who have used intrusive methods to pursue stories.
Registered trade marks
Registered trade marks provide an important practical means of protecting image rights. A trade mark is any type of symbol that indicates the origin of goods and services. Any sign capable of being represented in the register in a manner which enables the registrar and other competent authorities and the public to determine the clear and precise subject matter of the protection afforded to the proprietor, and which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one party from those of another party, can be registered as a trade mark. The Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994) governs UK trade marks. While a UK-based rights holder may still apply for and hold an EU trade mark (EUTM) which provides protection across the EU, from 1 January 2021 EUTMs are not protected in the UK. Therefore, only UK trade marks and any comparable UK rights granted from EUTMs registered before 1 January 2021 are applicable here.
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