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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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Cabinet office has announced the Evaluation Task Force's (ETF) launch of a stakeholder consultation to seek feedback on proposed updates to the...
The Cabinet Office has announced that it has ended its consultation on reforms to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), which had been...
The House of Lords was recalled to deliberate on the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill, aimed at ensuring the continued operation of the British...
Information Law analysis: On 28 March 2025 the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation...
The Cabinet Office has published the notes from the eighth meeting of the Interministerial Standing Committee (IMSC), held on 27 February 2025 via...
Latest Public Law Practice Notes
Implementing and achieving effective governance in the public sectorWhat does effective governance mean in the public sector?Governance within the...
The Police Pension Scheme 2015Statutory frameworkThere are currently three pension schemes in operation in England and Wales providing benefits for...
EU State aid decisions—ongoing cases trackerBelow tracks recent European Commission ongoing in-depth investigations and ongoing State aid sector...
REUL reform SI databaseThis Practice Note tracks the progress of secondary legislation introduced as part of the government’s post-Brexit reform...
Convention rights—compatibility of legislationParliamentary statements of compatibilityThe Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) is designed not only to...
Latest Public Law Precedents
Request for consent to assignment[Headed notepaper of the assignor]To: [insert name and address of recipient (other party to the contract being...
Identifying waste questionnaireOverproductionType of wasteProblem?CommentsHow big is the issue, how often does it happen, who does it affect, what is...
Prioritising root causesCause/factorHow much does it contribute to the problem?(0 = not at all, 10 = a lot)How easy is it to fix?(0=very hard, 10 =...
Improving efficiency business case—blank1Executive summary1.1This report analyses why [state what the analysis relates to].1.2The aim is to [state...
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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
Directors UK
A professional association for British directors working in the audiovisual sector. It is a CMO for the distribution of secondary rights payments to directors.
Fair presentation
The duty of fair presentation is a requirement for non-consumer insurance contracts under the Insurance Act—duty of fair presentation and for consumer insurance contracts under the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012, by an insured/potential insured to disclose all material facts to insurers in a clear manner.
Pension commencement lump sum (PCLS)
A tax-free lump sum that pension members may elect to receive when they start to draw benefits from a pension scheme, usually a maximum of 25% of the scheme value.
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