Public Law Notes

High Court considers concept of “rolling” judicial review

Government's terms of reference for review of the judicial review process

Judicial reviews of inquiries

Government launches panel to consider the judicial review process

On the afternoon of Friday 31 July the Government announced that it had appointed a panel of experts (the “Panel”) to examine if there is a need to …

Judicial Review – Strategies for Pharmaceutical Companies

In the latest episode of HSF's webinar series on the pharmaceutical sector, Andrew Lidbetter, Sanam Zulfiqar Khan, Mark Smyth and Lourdes Fraguas discuss …

Webinar on recent developments in judicial review

HSF public law partner Nusrat Zar chairs and speaks at a recent LexisNexis webinar on key developments in judicial review, which includes a discussion on …

Today in a unanimous decision the Court of Appeal found that the current Government policy in relation to the expansion of Heathrow Airport is unlawful

Background The Court of Appeal has today handed down two related judgments both concerned with the Government’s policy in relation to the proposed …

High Court gives guidance on conduct of non-statutory inquiries

In R (on the application of Clarke and Others) v Holliday [2019] EWHC 3596 (Admin), the High Court dismissed an application for permission to apply for …

Labour's plans for energy and medicines – public law analysis

We have published two papers which consider the impact of the Labour Party's recently announced policies on two heavily regulated sectors, namely the …

Incidental powers allow public body to publish its findings in the public interest

In Vote Leave Ltd v The Electoral Commission [2019] EWCA Civ 1938 the Court of Appeal found that it was within the Electoral Commission's …

Supreme Court holds that public authorities may disapply secondary legislation in cases of incompatibility with the Human Rights Act

London-wide ban on Extinction Rebellion protests quashed by High Court

Last week the High Court handed down its judgment on the high profile judicial review brought against the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis by a …