Public Law Notes

Divisional Court rules in favour of Covid-19 Inquiry Chair on power to order document production

Divisional Court to hear judicial review challenge on Covid-19 Inquiry powers

Parliamentary Committee considers remit of the proposed Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission

The House of Commons’ Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (the “PACAC”) is conducting a Call for Evidence as part of its inquiry …

Policy Matters: An introduction to Public Inquiries

The Administrative and Public Law team hosted a Policy Matters webinar on public inquiries on Thursday 10 September 2020. Hosted by Associate Sahil Kher, …

Judicial reviews of inquiries

Prime Minister commits to a future independent inquiry into Government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis

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

Court of Appeal considers Parliamentary privilege in the context of a non-statutory inquiry

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 …

The National Audit Office reports on government-funded inquiries

The National Audit Office ("NAO") recently published the findings of its investigation into government funded inquiries (the "Report") , …