About Public Law
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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An essential resource providing guidance & materials on core legal subjects relevant to lawyers in all areas of legal practice, as well as specialist content designed to assist government lawyers in a range of key areas
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Latest Public Law News
A round-up of key developments on State aid, first reported by the Lexis+ Competition team. This update covers the period 11-17 March 2026....
This round-up includes details of publications made by Specialised Committees established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) for the...
The Welsh Government has published a response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 series report on core decision-making and political governance. The...
Tax analysis: In Muller UK and Ireland Group LLP and others, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appellants’ appeals against the Upper Tribunal (UT)’s...
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has published a joint legal opinion, written by Cloisters Chambers’ Robin Allen KC and Dee Masters, and Joshua Jackson of...
Latest Public Law Practice Notes
This Practice Note provides an introduction to disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), setting out the main CPR provisions governing the...
UK data protection law includes a right to data portability. That right allows individuals to obtain from a controller a copy of their personal data...
This Practice Note looks at the status and use of confidential information in civil proceedings including what confidential information is, how to...
Similarities between Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information RegulationsThe principle behind the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FIA...
This Practice Note considers good faith in commercial agreements. It examines the concept of good faith and the extent to which it is applied in...
Latest Public Law Precedents
1Interpretation1.1The following definitions and rules of interpretation apply in this Schedule:Broadly Comparable Pension Scheme•a pension scheme...
[Insert the name and address of the proposed defendant]Dear [insert organisation name]Letter before claim in proposed judicial review proceedings...
This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name], a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert company number] and...
This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name], a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert company number] and...
This Agreement is made on [date] 1 [insert name of party] [of OR trading as [insert trading name]...
Latest Public Law Q&As
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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
Augmentation
Amount of additional benefits provided in respect of a particular member, or category of members, of a scheme, usually funded by the employer and sometimes by the scheme. This is paid in accordance with the scheme rules.
EC-6 (Enhanced Candu)
The EC6 is a 700 MWe class heavy-water moderated and heavy-water cooled pressure tube reactor. Heavy water is a natural form of water used as a moderator to slow down the fission chain reaction neutrons in the reactor. It is one of the most efficient moderators and enables the CANDU design to use natural uranium as fuel, which is unique to CANDU reactors. One of the unique features of this reactor design is its ability to use alternative fuels such as recovered uranium from the reprocessing of used light water reactor fuel, low-enriched uranium and plutonium mixed oxide, thorium and actinides, in addition to the conventional natural uranium.
Right of first refusal (ROFR)
This requires a shareholder, before it can transfer its shares to a third party from whom it has received a bona fide offer, to first offer its shares to the other shareholder or shareholders of the company on the same (or substantially) the same terms as those offered by the third party by following the pre-emption procedure. This provision is considered to favour the other shareholders (rather than the selling shareholder, for which see Right of first offer (ROFO)) as third parties may not be prepared to expend time and money in carrying out the necessary due diligence and negotiating a deal where the other shareholders can simply match their offer, thereby frustrating the deal.
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