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Robert Thomas

@robertthomas223.bsky.social

Public Law Professor, University of Manchester, administrative law scholar and administrative justice expert https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/robert.thomas/publications/

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Sign the Petition End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

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10.06.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon dog is making a funny face ALT: a cartoon dog is making a funny face
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I had entirely forgotten that I bought this - for 99p.

24.05.2025 05:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
PIP and the value of further evidence Our investigation found that the Department for Communities and Capita failed to properly obtain and use all relevant medical information to help them assess claims for the Personal Independence Payme...

www.nipso.org.uk/our-findings... chapter 6

17.05.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We were delighted to host Professor Krisztina Rozsnyai recently in the ManReg Public Law Seminar Series for a fascinating talk entitled "Saving Hungarian Courts from the European Level: Mission Impossible?"

15.05.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Law of Obligations (with a special emphasis on the Law of Torts) (Teaching and Research):Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

14.05.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How children with special educational needs are being failed in England โ€“ video From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, support for Send children in England is broken. The Guardian meets parents and children to get a sen...

www.theguardian.com/education/vi...

23.04.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ‰ Happy Birthday to #WilliamShakespeare! ๐ŸŽญ

We're celebrating with a #BookGiveaway ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿ” Repost for a chance to win a copy of Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by @freeburian.bsky.social!

Youโ€™ve got until midnight, 23/04/25

Winner picked at random + revealed tomorrow! ๐Ÿ’ซ

23.04.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Fair is Fair The requirements of due process are often minimal, but still important.

New post by @markpmancini.bsky.social on the importance of procedure and legal orderliness. doubleaspect.blog/2025/04/22/f...

22.04.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read that quote and thought to myself "who wrote that? It seems familiar".

21.04.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Veteran Law Project - blog The Veteran Law Project aims to improve the experiences of service personnel and veterans harmed by their military service. Our work focuses on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and War Pen...

20 years of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme #AFCS

A blog post on my reflections:
- 127,414 claims
- 1/3 rejected
- 67% of most seriously harmed get much lower award than due
- 99.% of cases at appeal increased or maintained (only 55 / 11,035 reduced)

veteranlawproject.org.uk/blog/post31

09.04.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Celebrate World IP Day with @uniofmanchester.bsky.social exclusive masterclass on intellectual property in tech.

Join our expert panel to explore global IP challenges, geopolitics, AI-driven patents, and startup protection strategies. Don't miss out โ€” register today: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

04.04.2025 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If only there were other universities in other parts of the country with lots of lab space and/or space for building lab space where housing costs were lower.

02.04.2025 08:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

1/7 Can the executive โ€˜safeguardโ€™ the constitution? The UK Constitution Committee says yes, but I worry. The plural UK executive means this is unlikely. And if we want internal executive checks like the civil service to work, we need to strengthen them now. Trump 2.0 is a warning.

01.04.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...

27.03.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

@aileenmcharg.bsky.social are presenting a very early draft of our BA/Leverhulme funded interview-based research on the Sewel convention tomorrow at UCL. Rick Rawlings and Akash Paun will respond to the paper and ask why my footnotes are colour coded.

Details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

19.03.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Strathclyde Law School is advertising for a readership in public law. Details here:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI746/r...

Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.

19.03.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

...Roger Masterman, David Mead, Colin Murray, Charlotte O'Brien, Elizabeth O'Loughlin, Adam Perry, James Robottom, Jens Scherpe, Saba Shakil, Findlay Stark, Shona Wilson Stark, Gabriel Tan, Joe Tomlinson, Robert Thomas, Hรฉlรจne Tyrrell, Sam Willis and Alison Young. [2/2]

17.03.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the PUBLIC LAW volume we have contributions from Ed Bates, Joanna Bell, Nicole Busby, Kenny Chng, Paul Craig, Anurag Deb, Brice Dickson, Hasan Dindjer, Mark Elliott, Eleni Frantziou, Tom Frost, Ariella Gordon, Daniella Lock, Kacper Majewski, Conall Mallory, Lee Marsons, Stevie Martin... [1/2]

17.03.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Jenny Russell and I are proud to present PUBLIC LAW AND THE UK SUPREME COURT and PRIVATE LAW AND THE UK SUPREME COURT, twin volumes of commentary on the jurisprudence of the UKSC's first fifteen years. All going well, it should be out this winter. Thanks to all contributors!

17.03.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

1/17 the โ€˜youthโ€™ of spads ๐Ÿงต Robert Hazell at @conunitucl.bsky.social and I wrote a book on spads over a decade ago. We looked at about 600+ spads (1979-2013).
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/special-a...

17.03.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
The Impeachment of Warren Hastings: The First Governor General of India - University Of Worcester

Upcoming conference on the impeachment of Warren Hastings.

3-4 July 2025. A collaboration between the University of Worcester and @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social.

2 days of fantastic speakers. You can book here:
www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

14.03.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Event: Public Law Lecture 2025 Professor Alison Young: โ€˜Parliament is not sovereign โ€“ and itโ€™s a good thing tooโ€™ 19th March 2025, 5pm-7pm, University of Essex (in person and online) This exciting event, sponsored by โ€ฆ

Details of this year's Public Law Lecture, to be delivered by Prof Alison Young, next Wednesday (online and in person).

ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/03/14/e...

14.03.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've worked with the Law Society(NI), litigants in person & other stakeholders to develop a Charter to help manage what can be a difficult relationship between litigants in person and solicitors on the 'other side' of the case. Details of the Charter launch below - please register to attend โฌ‡๏ธ

13.03.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr Shiling Xiao (Manchester) presented a fascinating paper on Chinese constitutional review in the ManReg Public Law Seminar Series on Wednesday

13.03.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Is blockchain the key to the future of commercial arbitration?

Join Dr Joseph Lee and Dr Federico Ast on 18 March at 12:00 GMT to gain insights into the revolutionary role of blockchain and smart contracts in commercial arbitration.

Register today: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

13.03.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law at The University of Manchester Discover Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Please apply to join us at @lawuom.bsky.social, we are a very nice place to work! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF882/l...

11.03.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The passing of Professor Margot Brazier Margot first came to The University of Manchester to study Law as an undergraduate, graduating in 1971. Her initial career plan was to go to the Bar, but given her relative youth at the time, she deci...

With sadness, we announce the passing of Prof. Margot Brazier OBE KC (Hon), a pioneer for over 50 years in Healthcare Ethics & Law. She will be remembered as a "paradigmatic female role model" who supported countless young female academics.

Full tribute linked:

11.03.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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