Administrative and Public Law Notes

Government launches independent review of the Human Rights Act 1998

The Government has announced that a panel of experts led by former Court of Appeal Judge, Sir Peter Gross, will conduct an Independent Human Rights Act …

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 …

HSF responds to the Call for Evidence for the Government’s Independent Review of Administrative Law

Herbert Smith Freehills’ public law team has responded to the Government’s Call for Evidence for the Independent Review of Administrative Law (“IRAL”) …

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, …

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 …

Public Law Horizon-Scanning Podcast Series

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 …

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 …

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 finds that the suspension of pension benefits breaches the Human Rights Act

In R (on the application of British Medical Association) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWHC 64 (Admin) the British Medical …