Administrative and Public Law Notes

The Commercial Court holds contract with public body to be ultra vires and void

In School Facility Management Ltd & Others v Governing Body of Christ The King College & Isle of Wight Council [2020] EWHC 1118 (Comm), the High …

COVID-19: Pressure Points: Learning lessons from the crisis – a COVID-19 inquiry?

Statutory guidance must remain within the purpose of the primary legislation

In R (on the application of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] UKSC 16, the …

Public Procurement Podcast Series

COVID-19: Pressure Points: The UK's legislative response to the crisis

In this special episode of our Public Law Podcast, Andrew Lidbetter and Nusrat Zar discuss the UK's legislative response to the COVID-19 crisis. …

Supreme Court confirms broader scope for challenging deportation under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights

The Supreme Court this week handed down judgment in AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17, clarifying the scope for …

Court of Appeal considers the legality of policies

In Bayer Plc v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Groups [2020] EWCA Civ 449 the Court of Appeal had to consider the legality of a policy issued by …

Navigating Public Procurement in the COVID-19 era

As with almost all areas of commercial activity, public procurement across all sectors is currently experiencing varying degrees of extreme disruption. …

COVID-19 Pressure Points: The Right to Property

The current pandemic has led to an extraordinary level of state action. In many cases this has involved interference with the private rights of …

Covid-19 Pressure Points: Coronavirus Act formally on the statute books

Following our briefing paper of Monday 23 March 2020 (see here), the Coronavirus Bill has now passed through all stages in both the House of Commons and …

“Public Authorities” for the purposes of the EIR

The Information Commissioner recently published two decision notices in short succession which found that gas and electricity supplier, E.ON UK plc …

Covid-19 Pressure Points: UK Coronavirus Bill – Constitutional law implications