Government response to Nuclear Regulatory Review published today, incl. plans on JR: proposing to indemnify some JR'd nuclear projects, consult further on Aarhus costs rules reform & extend the NSIP JR reforms to (at least) some other planning JRs assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69b3ea...

Excited to start today on a @nuffieldfoundation.org funded study, 'Access to justice in legal challenges to infrastructure projects'. It will look at the causes and impacts of judicial review of major infrastructure projects, and wisdom of further reform www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/acce...

@uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social is recruiting for a number of positions across Chair, SL, Lecturer & Associate Lecturer levels! I've loved working here so far, and more public lawyers are always welcome... features.york.ac.uk/law-school-j...

Guess what the evidence shows? Disabled people pushed into deeper poverty are pushed *further from, not into, the workplace*. NEW REPORT, PACKED WITH EVIDENCE from community organisations: www.citizensadviceyork.org.uk/wp-content/u...

The special edition of the KLJ on national security issues that I edited with Keith Ewing is now out in full. Many thanks to our contributors: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rklj20/3...

The January 2026 issue of @publiclaw.bsky.social is now available on Westlaw. Analysis pieces from @erinferguson.bsky.social on the Tortoise Media and Sammut decisions; Dan Meagher on the interaction of art and non-discrimination law; and @diggorybailey.bsky.social on use of explanatory notes ...

I’m really pleased to be starting my new job today as a Lecturer in Law at the (rather snowy) University of York!

📝Our new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report with @jackpannell.bsky.social & @emmanorris.bsky.social out today sets out out the underlying problems with the way public inquiries are established We argue ministers need better support to make informed decisions about how an inquiry should be set up

For those of you just waking up - Leeds mass transit has been cancelled.

Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered? Yeah, as I was saying...

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...

A new article from me has been published in Public Law (now available on WestLaw), in which I argue that the landscape for bringing claims relying on Article 14 ECHR has been fundamentally altered by the UKSC's decision in SC [2021] UKSC 26.

Alex Schwartz: Recent Attempts to Curb Judicial Power in the United Kingdom ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/08/a...

Excited to see an advance version piece - using public policy ideas to rethink JR - up online now. academic.oup.com/ojls/advance... It’s part of a bigger project so if interested to discuss please drop me a line. (Or pass on to anyone you think might have an interest!)

Rarely spotted job fairy alert! A specific public law senior lecturer/reader post (and a few other positions - including in environmental law - to boot). Please spread the word! Happy to discuss with anyone who is tempted to come join us in Newcastle: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...

1/9 the video of my UCL current legal problems lecture is now up: "Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution". It looks at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirjjkc.bsky.social  chairs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx3P...

Call for papers for a workshop on Economic Aspects of the Constitution: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...

The October 25 issue of @publiclaw.bsky.social will land on Westlaw shortly. Analysis from Farrah Raza on NHS regulation and patient choice and @a-b-evans.bsky.social on recall proposals for the Senedd. Articles are from @echrhawk.bsky.social on the vulnerability of the UK's HR protections; ...

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...

Great post

Jonathan Collinson: From Learning to Lawyering: When Can Political Accountability Have Legal Consequences? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/09/11/j...

Speeding up, slowing down, and managing time through managing atmospheres - new 🔓paper in @journallawsociety.bsky.social on immigration bail tribunal hearings. Indebted in particular to Nick Gill's, Jess Hambly's and Melanie Griffiths' work on law and time. eprints.gla.ac.uk/361308/1/361...

Potentially more substantial infrastructure JR reform proposals on the way, including raising the permission threshold and ensuring 'each decision faces only one review'. Last year's Banner Review noted there may be a case to raise permission but it risked making permission hearings more cumbersome

New report from my colleagues @jackpannell.bsky.social & @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social on hybrid bills and parliament's role in delivering the government's major infrastructure projects Excellent insight into these bills and the reform that's needed www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

How can government legislate better to deliver major infrastructure projects? Fantastic new paper from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on how to improve the little-known hybrid bill procedure! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Looking forward to chairing a session on crowdfunding and litigation funding for JR at this, later in the year, with an excellent panel of speakers

The UK still needs HS2, delivered in full. There's no viable alternative. Me, from years back, making this point:

Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social rb.gy/ybcbpf

Attention potential Public Law authors! A new website in development, with many FAQs, links to recent issues, author guidance, style guide, etc: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/en-gb/produc...

Antonia Layard: Darwall and the Public Life of Private Property ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/06/04/a...

1/3 What can we learn from HS2 about the role of judicial review in delivering infrastructure projects? I have a new *open access* article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies looking at the many JRs of HS2: doi.org/10.1093/ojls.... In it, I suggest the dominant political critique of JR may be

Are the EU free movement rules wildly out of step with the new realities of work? My new book, the MARKET CITIZENSHIP ILLUSION answers this by looking at the law in action – and it is available now to *everyone for free*! www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... 🧵on key arguments... (1/10)

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 ...

How many UK Supreme Court judges do you think ever acted as lawyers for a claimant in a social security case? ZERO. *Extremely nervous* to announce this rather bolshy ('somewhat contentious' and 'robust in tone') piece in the JSSL. I argue there is a 'professional diversity deficit' in UKSC, AND...

With the Planning and Infrastructure Bill being introduced to Parliament later today, here were my initial thoughts from a few weeks ago on some of the reforms to judicial review which it will contain:

CALL FOR PAPERS: 25 Years of the Human Rights Act (University of Leeds, 18 September 2025). Deadline for abstracts 1 April.

The University of Glasgow School of Law is recruiting for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Along with Stuart Macdonald and @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social, I am compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social. We already have a fantastic line up of contributors, but now we are looking for more!

New blogpost | Judicial review reform: the importance of grown-up debate publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/02/14/j...

A very timely (from the point of view of my forthcoming seminar reading list) post on an important issue. Good to see @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social and Maurice Sunkin's consultation response getting a name check.

Great summary by @samjguy.bsky.social of where we appear to be on JR reform as it relates to infrastructure projects, with some tea-leaf reading on things that might not be off the table...

Sam Guy: The Government’s Plan to Reform Infrastructure Judicial Review ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/01/28/s...

This is (unsurprisingly) excellent