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  • 1956: The Attorney General’s Suez file

    Carl Gardner
    December 27, 2016

    The year about to end, 2016, is the 60th anniversary of the Suez crisis—something I’m surprised hasn’t had more coverage and comment. The Suez crisis is of legal interest because of the way the Attorney General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller’s view […]

    Tags: history, international, suez
  • Why the High Court got the law wrong about Brexit

    Carl Gardner
    November 4, 2016

    Some reactions to the High Court’s judgment in the article 50 case, R (Miller) v Brexit Secretary, have been ugly, excessive and ridiculous. It’s excessive too to see the judgment as blocking Brexit, or as creating […]

    Tags: article 50, Brexit, constitution, constitutional statute, eu law, prerogative, principle of legality
  • R (Miller and others) v Brexit Secretary: the claimants’ argument

    Carl Gardner
    October 13, 2016

    Today the “article 50” challenge begins in the High Court. The claimants in the judicial review case want the court to order that government cannot lawfully decide to give notice of Brexit under article 50 of the Treaty on […]

  • Legal Cheek interview: Julian Assange, and Labour in the Court of Appeal

    Carl Gardner
    August 11, 2016

    I spoke to Legal Cheek’s Katie King this afternoon about today’s Julian Assange news and the Labour party’s appeal, heard today, against the High Court’s ruling that […]

  • Last night’s UCL event—Brexit: Legal & Constitutional Requirements

    Carl Gardner
    July 14, 2016

    Last night University College London hosted a discussion on Brexit and the law, featuring Dr Tom Hickman and Professor Jeff King (co-authors with Nick Barber of the famous article 50 blogpost) together with […]

  • Can Jeremy Corbyn be kept off Labour’s leadership ballot?

    Carl Gardner
    July 11, 2016

    This is the question in the minds of practically everyone in the Labour party today, as Angela Eagle announces her leadership challenge following MPs’ recent overwhelming vote of no confidence in the leader. The future of Labour politics and, in the […]

  • Article 50, and UK constitutional law

    Carl Gardner
    June 27, 2016

    If you’ve been following closely news about Britain’s EU referendum and its aftermath, you’ll probably have heard of article 50 of the Treaty on European Union which makes provision for a member state to leave the EU and lays […]

    Tags: constitution, eu law, eu referendum, government, parliament, prerogative
  • The draft EU (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016

    Carl Gardner
    June 9, 2016

    Here are the draft regulations that will […]

    Tags: elections, government, judicial review, legislation, parliament
  • How to extend the referendum voter registration deadline

    Carl Gardner
    June 8, 2016

    In response to the overloading of the website where people could register to vote in the coming EU referendum, government is apparently considering how it can extend the deadline (which expired at midnight) by a day:

    Mr Cameron said […]

    Tags: elections, electoral commission, government, legislation, parliament
  • Pannick and Lester on the “British Bill of Rights”

    Carl Gardner
    June 2, 2016

    Lords Pannick and Lester have form for writing together on human rights, and today Pannick writes on the subject in the Times, while Lester comments in The Brief.

    Pannick makes fun of the long delay in […]

    Tags: british bill of rights, human rights
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