Mike Gordon: The Mandelson Scandal and the Prime Minister: Investigating a Breach of the Ministerial Code ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/05/m...
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Mike Gordon: The Mandelson Scandal and the Prime Minister: Investigating a Breach of the Ministerial Code ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/05/m...
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Two Lectureships in Law with us at @lawatleeds.bsky.social. Open call, 'An ability to contribute to teaching in one or more of the foundational LLB subjects is essential.'
Genuinely a lovely bunch of people to be around. In the present HE context, it matters!
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
I remember listening to a lot of Prince while writing the submission. Had to rephrase some sections because some of the prose were just too funky for the Lords.
20.11.2025 17:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
These assurances can be eroded by a wider culture of backsliding, discrimination, and intolerance
You can find my written evidence here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Pleased to see the House of Lords Constitution Committee's report on the rule of law, published today, cites my written evidence, arguing that the virtues of the concept depend upon assurances that officials will play their part in respecting the rule of law
committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...
‘The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’
In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Thrilled to share this call for papers for a conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom at @uomlaw.bsky.social with the support of @ukcla.bsky.social ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/03/e...
03.10.2025 13:33 — 👍 2 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
More hiring at Surrey Law School! Open-area Lecturer position (Research & Teaching) - deadline Thu 2 October 2025. THE POSITION IS GENUINELY OPEN re: research focus, so all interested parties should apply.
Please circulate to anyone you think might be interested!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:
caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...
We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.
Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.
🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
'(Excludes Northern Ireland)'
02.08.2025 23:19 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
As someone who couldn't have undertaken a PhD without funding, the AHRC scholarship I received (many years ago) was life-changing. It's incredibly concerning that the the next generation of prospective academics are being denied such opportunities. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...
21.07.2025 08:44 — 👍 34 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1
Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story.
The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...
ICJ issued its first provisional and binding order in January 2024. It said what is only now beginning, tentatively, to be lined out by western commentators. Genocide is plausible and Israel must act to stop it
The shift is welcome but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s 19 months since.
NEW BLOG: 10 reasons why the hereditary peers bill should be amended to constrain Prime Ministerial patronage and the size of the House of Lords
Ahead of the hereditary peers bill's report stage starting in the Lords tomorrow, our Director, Meg Russell, sets out why peers should amend the bill.
Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience: The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35 | 6-7 Nov 25
Submissions on the theme of constitutional resilience in the context of multi-layered human rights protection by 4 June.
buff.ly/WummGxp
I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Looks like a fabulous set of events for this year's Legal Theory Festival. The programme is available here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/.... Please repost and share widely!
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A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Not a UK lawyer but fwiw this was my impression as well: the Court wildly overstated the force of its coherentist arguments, and misrepresented its own social views and policy preferences as evidence of Parliament's intention.
20.04.2025 12:41 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
My article on "Full-Bodied Promulgation" has just been assigned to the most recent issue of the Modern Law Review. Go have a read, it has something for lovers of the rule of law and Douglas Adams.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
