'Officials have begun discussions with councils about functions such as automated reminders for bin collections.' www.ft.com/content/36af...

Four government defeats on the Chagos Bill in the Lords yesterday: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...

The Intelligence and Security Committee has completed its inquiry into cloud technologies. It’s statement today suggests that this is a rare example of an ISC report which may not be laid before Parliament or published ‘due to ongoing security sensitivities’.

'British enclave' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anurag Deb, Colin Murray and Gabriel Tan: Legacy Issues: In re Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [2025] UKSC 47 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/18/a...

The draft s 30 order: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9...

Letter from Parliamentary Secretary of State for Scotland to Chair of the Constitution Committee, regarding Assisted Dying for Terminally ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: committees.parliament.uk/publications...

The Home Sec's appeal in Kolicaj is allowed. supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...

A public law job at Sheffield: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW952/l...

You get a prize if you don't send me an email in the next 48 hours.

The Thompson judgment. The SSNI's appeal is allowed: supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...

Interesting:

The IPCO annual report for 2024 (only seven months since the last one): ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/IPCO-Annual-...

'Philip Rycroft, the former permanent secretary at the now-closed Department for Exiting the European Union, will lead the inquiry, which will conclude by the end of March 2026. His findings will then be used to inform next year’s elections and democracy bill.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The ISC has a new thing to be annoyed about: isc.independent.gov.uk/news/

The report on the State Threats Legislation in 2024: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a... Very important consideration of the 'Foreign Power Condition' amongst other things.

The Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report 2023-25: isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...

HMG Counter-Terrorism Disruptive Powers Report 2024: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69398c...

Chagossians and the Diego Garcia Base Treaty: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

From the IPT on Friday - lots of NCND around recently: investigatorypowerstribunal.org.uk/wp-content/u...

From the IPT on Friday - lots of NCND around recently: investigatorypowerstribunal.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Daniella Lock, "Public power and private hands: outsourcing in UK national security law" (Ahead of Print, Kings Law Journal) Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Christmas Break ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/12/c...

We are delighted to welcome new members to @publiclaw.bsky.social's editorial committee. From January 2026 we will be joined by Mike Gordon (Liverpool) and Silvia Suteu (@eui-law.bsky.social), with @ymarique.bsky.social (Essex) and @paulfscott.bsky.social (Glasgow) joining from January 2027.

The Thompson JR will be handed down next week, which is convenient: supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

The Thompson JR will be handed down next week, which is convenient: supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

Marianne Holbrook: Should Decisions of the Attorney General be Judicially Reviewable? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/10/m...

Kirsty Hughes: The Implications of the Court of Appeal’s Judgment on ‘Family Life’ for the Government’s Immigration Proposals ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/10/k...

'Caught between a domestic elite concerned with their own enrichment, and a colonial power demanding economic and political reforms without promises to fund them, the Islands remain in postcolonial purgatory.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The Government is saying it will make a final decision on naming Stakeknife after the UKSC rules in Thompson:

The Government is saying it will make a final decision on naming Stakeknife after the UKSC rules in Thompson:

The Kenova Final Report: www.psni.police.uk/sites/defaul...

The JCHR on the Legacy Act remedial order: committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Veronika Fikfak: ECHR Reform: A Danger of Contagion in Relation to Article 3 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/09/v...

'Caught between a domestic elite concerned with their own enrichment, and a colonial power demanding economic and political reforms without promises to fund them, the Islands remain in postcolonial purgatory.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

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

The draft regs exempting glue traps from the market access principles were laid before Parliament last week: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9...

Consultation on the PAFER Act Codes of Practice: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

'The Master of Pembroke College Oxford, The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder, is seeking an outstanding candidate to support with delivering a major externally funded research project: “Law and Democracy – Monograph on Standards in Public Life.”' www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT086/m...

The HL Constitution Committee is doing a short review of the UK – Overseas Territories Joint Declaration: committees.parliament.uk/work/9468/re...

Eleni Frantziou and Anurag Deb: Direct Effect, Disapplication, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Still Together in Northern Ireland after Dillon? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/04/e...