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As a government lawyer your clients are experiencing various impacts on policy making from numerous and competing interests such as austerity, efficiency, collective/individual rights, European and devolved/delegated jurisdictions. Your job advising on legislation and risk of challenge through judicial review is increasingly time consuming and complex.
Brexit
With reform of retained EU law high on the agenda, post-Brexit legal changes remains a key issue. Get key information and updates for all practitioners, with practice area specific Brexit content across the modules.
Judicial Review
We outline the key principles and procedural requirements with a clear focus on the public sector perspective. The content focusses primarily on judicial review in the Administrative Court in England and Wales.
Public Procurement
Failure to stick to procedures can have significant legal, financial and practical consequences for a contracting authority. We guide you through various processes, focussing on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
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An essential resource providing guidance & materials on core legal subjects relevant to lawyers in all areas of legal practice, as well as specialist content designed to assist government lawyers in a range of key areas
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Latest Public Law News
The House of Commons Library has published a research briefing reviewing the requirement for voters to present photographic identification at polling...
This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes expert analysis of the decision in Working on Wellbeing Ltd trading as Optima Health v...
The House of Commons Library has published a comprehensive briefing on the Labour government's efforts to reset UK-EU relations since taking office in...
The government, UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) have responded to the...
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a consultation proposing significant reforms to regulate private prosecutions in England and Wales with the...
Latest Public Law Practice Notes
UK subsidy control—ongoing cases trackerBackgroundOn 4 January 2023, the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (SCA 2022) entered into force. For further details...
Court of Justice State aid appeals—ongoing cases trackerThe below tracks live Court of Justice appeal cases involving State aid (Articles 107 to 109...
EU State aid decisions—ongoing cases trackerBelow tracks recent European Commission ongoing in-depth investigations and ongoing State aid sector...
Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law trackerThis Practice Note tracks noteworthy High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme...
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPRThis Practice Note provides an introduction to both the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...
Latest Public Law Precedents
Personal data processing schedule—short form—pro-processorThis Precedent is drafted in contemplation of arrangements where the parties wish to insert...
Personal data processing schedule—short form—pro-controllerThis Precedent is drafted in contemplation of arrangements where the parties wish to insert...
Letter accompanying Invitation to participate in dialogue—competitive dialogue procedureSTOP PRESS: As of 24 February 2025, the main provisions of the...
Invitation to tender―competitive procedure with negotiationSTOP PRESS: As of 24 February 2025, the main provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA...
Invitation to tender―restricted procedureSTOP PRESS: As of 24 February 2025, the main provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) are in force....
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Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve disputes about the meaning of legislation
Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve disputes about the meaning of legislationIntroduction to statutory interpretationThe aim of...
Sources of constitutional law
Sources of constitutional lawIn briefThe British constitution is unwritten in the sense that it does not derive from a single constitutional text. It...
Direct effect of EU law
Direct effect of EU lawWhat is direct effect of EU law?The doctrine of direct effect is a fundamental principle of EU law developed by the Court of...
Convention rights—structure of qualified rights
Convention rights—structure of qualified rightsThe rights preserved under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as set out in the Human...
Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciary
Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciarySource of the doctrine of the separation of powersThe origins of the doctrine of the...
What is a public authority?
What is a public authority?There is no single, universal answer to the question whether a particular organisation is treated, in law, as a public...
Structure and functions of EU institutions and bodies
Structure and functions of EU institutions and bodiesThe EU’s unique institutional frameworkThe European Union is a supranational polity, and is...
Harmonisation
HarmonisationDefinitionHarmonisation, also known as standardisation or approximation, refers to the determination of EU-wide legally binding standards...
What is fettering of discretion in judicial review? When is it an actionable ground of challenge and what must be established for a challenge to succeed?
The status of EU law in the UK after Brexit [Archived]
The status of EU law in the UK after Brexit [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note provides...
Indirect effect of EU law
Indirect effect of EU lawWhat is indirect effect of EU law?The doctrine of indirect effect, or consistent interpretation, is a duty that national...
What is Wednesbury unreasonableness?
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repeal
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repealEssential to Parliament’s legislative supremacy is the principle that Parliament is not bound by its...
The executive and the civil service
The executive and the civil serviceWhat is a civil servant?A civil servant is any permanent, non-political employee of central government—servants of...
What is the EU infringement procedure under Article 258 TFEU and how can proceedings be monitored?
EU internal competence
EU internal competenceThe limits of EU competencesThe limits of EU competences are governed by the principle of conferral (also known as principle of...
Free movement of EU workers and citizens
Free movement of EU workers and citizensEU workers and EU citizens enjoy the right of freedom of movement. This right is granted to EU workers in...
The four freedoms—goods, services, establishment and capital
The four freedoms—goods, services, establishment and capitalFree movement of goodsRestriction on importsScope of the prohibitionArticle 34 of the...
Associated legal terms
Back to back warranties
If a resale of the target company/target business is to follow the initial transaction, the two transactions can be seen as ‘back to back’. ‘Back to back’ warranty provisions act to protect the buyer’s position in the two transactions. This may be an arm’s length sale to a third party, but is often a transfer of ownership within the buyer’s group. If warranties are given on a ‘back to back’ basis, this first of all means that the warranties in the resale transaction are identical to those in the initial transaction. Second, because the two transactions are contemplated by the original parties as being ‘back to back’, the buyer must be able to still have full recourse against the seller and also be able to effectively pass on liability for any warranty claim from the resale buyer to the seller.
Deductions from pay
An employer's right to make deductions from an employee's pay.
Insurance premium
The sum paid or payable by a litigant who has taken out an 'after the event' insurance policy taken out in respect of particular litigation and covering against the risk of losing that litigation.
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