Paul F Scott
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Constitutional law and national security law etc at the University of Glasgow
'In a subsequent evidence session with Byrne’s business select committee on Wednesday, Bryant said the government was planning to strengthen export licensing laws to improve controls on goods being diverted to Russia.'
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Decision to allow UK exports to Armenian firm under review over Russian links
Cygnet Texkimp was approved to export machines to Rydena, but ministers examining deal after Guardian highlighted founders’ links to Kremlin military supply chain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/28/decision-allow-uk-exports-cygnet-texkimp-armenian-firm-review-russian-links?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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'Its runways played a key role in the 2003 Iraq invasion, and in subsequent strikes on Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Iraq. But its full operations cannot be revealed.'
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Did Britain need to strike the Chagos deal?
Viewed by some as a strategic necessity, the agreement has been complicated by shifting US priorities and political fragmentation at home
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Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR395/r...
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Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR395/rhodes-professorship-of-the-laws-of-the-british-commonwealth-and-the-united-states
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From a few weeks ago, the former Premier of the TCI was convicted in relation to events that were the subject of the Auld Commission of Inquiry, which, er, was a while ago:
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Ex-premier and two others guilty in Turks and Caicos landmark corruption trial
Former Turks and Caicos premier and two others convicted in landmark corruption case. The court found they accepted tens of millions of dollars in illicit benefits — including multimillion-dollar loan...
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article314584123.html
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From a few weeks ago, the former Premier of the TCI was convicted in relation to events that were the subject of the Auld Commission of Inquiry, which, er, was a while ago:
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Ex-premier and two others guilty in Turks and Caicos landmark corruption trial
Former Turks and Caicos premier and two others convicted in landmark corruption case. The court found they accepted tens of millions of dollars in illicit benefits — including multimillion-dollar loan...
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article314584123.html
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Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR395/r...
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Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR395/rhodes-professorship-of-the-laws-of-the-british-commonwealth-and-the-united-states
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Latest update from the ISC on the Mandelson affair:
isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
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UK Constitutional Law Association
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Weronika Galka: Secret proceedings, (mal)administration, and the courts: RA and AA v SSFCDA, MZZ v SSD and SSHD and In the Matter of the SSD [2026] EWCA Civ 3
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/26/w...
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Weronika Galka: Secret proceedings, (mal)administration, and the courts: RA and AA v SSFCDA, MZZ v SSD and SSHD and In the Matter of the SSD [2026] EWCA Civ 3
In early January 2026, the Court of Appeal (Peter Jackson LJ, Elisabeth Laing LJ, and Jeremy Baker LJ) handed down the decision in R (RR and AA) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and …
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/26/weronika-galka-secret-proceedings-maladministration-and-the-courts-ra-and-aa-v-ssfcda-mzz-v-ssd-and-sshd-and-in-the-matter-of-the-ssd-2026-ewca-civ-3/
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Court of Appeal dismisses a SAMLA challenge:
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
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The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's response to the LFR consultation:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Interesting correspondence between the JCNSS and the Electoral Commission on political finance and foreign interference:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/51525/documents/285838/default/
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'MI5 admitted last year that it unlawfully obtained Kearney’s phone data on two occasions between 2006 and 2009. However, in court on Wednesday it emerged the intrusion by several police forces and the Security Service was more intrusive and wide-ranging.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police and MI5 waged campaign of illegal interference against BBC journalist, tribunal told
Former Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney subjected to ‘unprecedented’ surveillance, says lawyer
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/25/police-mi5-interference-ex-bbc-journalist-vincent-kearney-tribunal
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UK Constitutional Law Association
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Conor McCormick: The Attorney General and Residual Legal Accountability
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/25/c...
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Conor McCormick: The Attorney General and Residual Legal Accountability
Access to justice in public law contexts is mediated by several procedural rules, including standing and permission requirements, which reflect a concern to confine judicial review to cases that pr…
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/25/conor-mccormick-the-attorney-general-and-residual-legal-accountability/
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"We will bring that back to parliament at the appropriate time. We are pausing for discussions with our American counterparts." Chagos Islands deal bill paused for talks with US - BBC News
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Chagos Islands deal bill paused for talks with US
A minister says the UK is discussing
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committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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'Last autumn, I was working on a policy proposal in which Overseas Territories would be offered their own seats in the House of Lords to represent them and an Overseas Territories Volunteer Corps as part of a campaign to start talking, educating and dreaming about them.'
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'this base is not just any old base. Once you’ve been briefed, even partially, on what it does the information gives you vertigo.'
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'In his email to Winnick, he wrote: “There is no legal impediment to what you have suggested just a long list of conventions that I am bound by — but am trying to slowly counter.”'
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest highlights vagueness of rules for royals
Former prince was UK trade envoy but his role was never officially outlined
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/4a2ec855-c4ea-4e3b-83d1-b2513dbf8b75
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'However, senior government officials privately said the deal could not go ahead without American approval. They described the situation as “bleak”.'
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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UK blocking Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran
The disagreement over the use of British sites is behind the US president’s withdrawal of support for the Chagos Islands deal, The Times understands
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trump-chagos-islands-deal-iran-attack-british-bases-kcj0gzbr8
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'The legislation was being lined up to return to the HoL as soon as next week after the U.S. State Department gave official backing to the deal in a statement..., the senior official quoted above said. But that official confirmed... there will now be a rethink.'
www.politico.eu/article/uk-t...
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UK to ‘pause for thought’ on Chagos Islands deal after Trump blast
Minister insists Chagos bill — underpinning sovereignty deal attacked by Trump — will be back once time allows.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-to-pause-for-thought-on-chagos-islands-deal-after-us-donald-trump-blast/
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I hope he makes a ridiculous crown immunity claim; we could do with some case law on crown criminal immunity.
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'But, he warned, “questions around political figures that have national security implications are radioactive in the intelligence community.”'
www.politico.eu/article/if-p...
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‘If Mandelson can pass, anyone can’: Epstein scandal prompts scrutiny of UK security vetting
Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein failed to bar him from high office. Now politicians want changes to the way top jobs are vetted.
https://www.politico.eu/article/if-peter-mandelson-can-pass-anyone-can-jeffrey-epstein-scandal-prompts-scrutiny-of-uk-security-vetting/
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'“If Mastercard and Visa were turned off, it would send us back to the 1950s”... one executive familiar with the project told the Guardian. “Of course, we need a sovereign payments system.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Palestine Action judgment:
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
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https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/R-Ammori-v-SSHD-OPEN-Judgment-final.pdf
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The Representation of the People Bill:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0384/240384.pdf
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The Govt's response to the JCNSS on the collapse OSA prosecutions:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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www.ft.com/content/f4ed...
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'the DV process is, bluntly, limited, flawed, untransparent, incompetent, inadequate and crying out for reform.'
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'Jesse Nicholls represented al-Libi at the hearing ... describing it as ‘unprecedented’ and ‘extraordinary’, and expressing the conclusion that the targeted barrister had been singled out in order to gain a litigation advantage for the Defendants ... in al-Libi’s claim against the UK Government.'
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The latest report on the use of closed material procedure under the JSA 2013:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698b0a...
Contains more detail about the cases than previous reports.
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The NIAC:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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'...while I did not oversee the due diligence and vetting process, I believe that process must now be fundamentally overhauled.'
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – UK politics live
The PM’s chief of staff, who masterminded landslide 2024 election win, departs No 10 after Mandelson revelations
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/08/peter-mandelson-payoff-keir-starmer-jeffrey-epstein-ambassadoruk-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69889d678f08c355f2fbe8d6#block-69889d678f08c355f2fbe8d6
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'The impact assessment put it in stark terms: “In a time of trade wars or conflict, reliance on foreign (potentially adversarial) suppliers is a strategic liability.”'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘We need to accept the cost’: future of British Steel unclear as bills for government build up
Propping up operations at Scunthorpe site, still legally owned by Jingye, now costs over £1.2m a day – so what are the options?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/british-steel-scunthorpe-future-unclear-uk-government-jingye-options?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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'In written submissions, al-Libi's barristers said the government had "proceeded to enter her chambers despite having been refused permission, enter her safe in her absence, and remove the very working material over which consent had been expressly refused, in both electronic and paper form".'
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You could do some interesting comparing (and contrasting) with the treatment of the Caribbean OTs:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The UK Govt's response to the Business and Trade Sub-Committee inquiry on economic security:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Paul F Scott
UK Constitutional Law Association
24 days ago
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
The scandal erupting in relation to the latest revelations about Peter Mandelson’s relationship with the multi-millionaire convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison awa…
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/05/mike-gordon-the-mandelson-scandal-and-the-prime-minister-investigating-a-breach-of-the-ministerial-code/
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www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/...
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Emilios Christodoulidis, 1963 - 2026
We mourn the loss of our beloved colleague and friend, Emilios Christodoulidis, who passed away at the age of 62 in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 February 2026.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/news-and-events/headline_1244049_en.html
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'In a letter to Schofield published on Wednesday, Abrahams said: “Given the previous assertions by DWP that it would fix carer’s allowance overpayments, I’m sure you can understand my scepticism about your most recent commitments.”'
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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DWP chief accused of overseeing ‘culture of complacency’ that led to carer’s allowance scandal
Commons committee chair says DWP repeatedly failed to prioritise the vulnerable and was slow to fix errors
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/dwp-chief-accused-of-overseeing-culture-of-complacency-that-led-to-carers-allowance-scandal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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'The Liverpool Law School seeks to appoint up to eight [!] permanent academic positions at Lecturer level.'
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ481/l...
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Lecturers in Law at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the Lecturers in Law role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ481/lecturers-in-law
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'A UK minister will attend, the Foreign Office said, adding: “UK economic security goes hand in hand with national security..."'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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US, UK, EU, Australia and more to meet to discuss critical minerals alliance
About 20 countries including G7 states in talks on rare earths including calls for US to guarantee minimum price
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/01/us-uk-eu-australia-critical-minerals-rare-earths-g7-minimum-price
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'Unfortunately for Ming Yang, critical infrastructure now embodies this battle in ways not seen during the Huawei controversy.'
www.fdiintelligence.com/content/919f...
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UK lawmakers fear Ming Yang could be next Huawei moment
MPs see similar risks between £1.5bn Chinese offshore wind project and banned 5G provider
https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/919f519b-a71f-4719-992e-06a9e7be3a02
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One for the Rycroft review to consider:
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
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Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship
https://www.thetimes.com/article/660a2669-6ef0-4efc-9b21-295a3f8a1f82?shareToken=531a0335c50b20e01d8ef61d0b791b37
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'British officials say that “we have seen nothing” from the American side so far since Trump’s outburst to suggest that the UK is under pressure to change course on the issue. London is hopeful that the US administration will give a firmer indication of its thinking in the coming days.'
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Talks with US over Chagos Islands deal have reopened, confirms Keir Starmer
London raises subject with Washington after stinging criticism from Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/9c6d74da-fa9d-4824-bdf5-a771819c2713
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'One of the people said one proposal that had been floated was to place in the enhanced tier both China’s Ministry of State Security and the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department.'
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'These cases tend to both complex and highly niche...'
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From before Christmas: DSIT's response to the consultation on data brokers and national security:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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