Administrative and Public Law Notes

Court of Appeal upholds regulatory judgment in technical field

High Court considers concept of “rolling” judicial review

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

Judicial reviews of inquiries

Upper Tribunal considers what constitutes a public authority under the Environmental Information Regulations

The Upper Tribunal (the “UT”) in Information Commissioner v Poplar Housing Association and Regeneration Community Association [2020] UKUT 182 (AAC) …

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 …

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

Public Law Horizon-Scanning Podcast Series

Supreme Court challenge succeeds on the basis of unlawful delegation by a Minister

In R v Adams [2020] UKSC 19 the Supreme Court considered the nature and application of the principle established in Carltona Ltd v Commissioners of Works …

Administrative Court refuses permission to legal challenge to the UK Government’s lockdown regulations

Dolan & Ors v Secretary of State for Health And Social Care & Anor [2020] EWHC 1786 (Admin) A claim brought by the entrepreneur Simon Dolan and …