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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
This week’s edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, legal updates and case law from the world of...
This round-up includes details of publications made by Specialised Committees established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) for the...
Public Law analysis: The High Court held that a judicial review challenging national security mitigation measures connected to the proposed Chinese...
A round-up of key developments on State aid, first reported by the Lexis+ Competition team. This update covers the period 20-26 May 2025....
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Judicial Office have announced that filming will be allowed in the Administrative Court for the first time, a...
Latest Public Law Practice Notes
Environmental law is the body of law that seeks to protect the environment. It impacts a local authority (LA) both in terms of the LA’s own compliance...
This Practice Note is a consolidated list of key United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK...
When responding to a request for information, the first step will often be to determine whether the information requested is environmental...
IP rights need to be defended and protected to retain their value. This Practice Note looks at how to enforce your IP rights. It explains the...
This Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the UK’s withdrawal from the...
Latest Public Law Precedents
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Executive summaryThis report analyses why 25% of the calls we receive are from the procurement team asking questions or passing on information. The...
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These training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more training seminars on the United Kingdom...
Latest Public Law Q&As
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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...
Methods of statutory interpretation
Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve disputes about the meaning of legislationIntroduction to statutory interpretationThe aim 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...
Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol
Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
Grounds of judicial review—unreasonableness
Grounds of judicial review—unreasonablenessThis Practice Note outlines the ground of judicial review usually known as unreasonableness or...
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?
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...
Grounds of judicial review—illegality
Grounds of judicial review—illegalityOverview of the illegality groundIllegality is the first of the grounds on judicial review set out by Lord...
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...
Grounds of judicial review—procedural impropriety
Grounds of judicial review—procedural improprietyProcedural impropriety as a ground of judicial review‘Procedural impropriety’ is the last of the...
Judicial review—interested parties and interveners
Judicial review—interested parties and intervenersInterested partiesIn the context of judicial review, an interested party is 'any person (other than...
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repeal
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repealEssential to Parliament’s legislative supremacy is the principle that Parliament is not bound by its...
What is the legal basis and effect of revoking UK legislation?
Grounds of judicial review—breach of legitimate expectation
Grounds of judicial review—breach of legitimate expectationThe ground of challenge based on legitimate expectations is designed to hold a public...
Royal Charters
Royal ChartersWhat is a Royal Charter?The term 'Royal Charter' has transformed over time. Originally, a Royal Charter was a procedure by which the...
Costs for judicial review—general principles
Costs for judicial review—general principlesGeneral rule on costs in judicial reviewThe general rule in relation to costs in judicial review, as in...
Judicial review—what it is and when it can be used
Judicial review—what it is and when it can be usedWhat is judicial review?Judicial review is a process by which the courts exercise a supervisory...
Judicial deference and the margin of appreciation
Judicial deference and the margin of appreciationJudicial deference is also known as the principle that 'respect is a central concept in judicial...
Associated legal terms
Continuous service
Treatment by an occupational pension scheme (approved prior to A-day under Chapter I) of the pensionable employment of a member as continuous with a previous period of pensionable employment (within the same scheme or another scheme).
First company secretary
On incorporation, the first company secretary of a company is appointed by giving their details in the application to register a new company and indicating their consent to act as the company secretary of the company. Thereafter, the appointment of a company secretary is governed by a company's articles of association.
Producers Alliance for Television and Cinema (PACT)
‘Producers Alliance for Television and Cinema’ (PACT) is the UK trade association which represents and promotes the commercial interests of independent feature film, television, digital, children’s and animation media companies. PACT has negotiated industry standard terms of trade with the main UK broadcasters and this has provided structural support allowing for growth of the independent production sector.
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