
Mark Elliott
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Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Author of publiclawforeveryone.com
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📢An enthusiastic audience was delighted to hear the LLM/MCL end-of-year lecture delivered by the Rt Hon Lord Sales (UK Supreme Court) on the topic 'Certainty and Flexibility in the Law: Insights from English Law' at the Faculty on Monday: 🔗bit.ly/4n8E8kM



A new blogpost which considers the role the House of Lords will play in the passage of the Assisted Dying Bill now that it has been approved by the Commons — and asking whether it would be constitutionally improper for the Lords not to approve the Bill. publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/20/wou…

It was really good to speak to EWTN Global Catholic Network on Friday night following the House of Commons assisted suicide vote to reflect on what comes next. youtube.com/watch?v=vdw_lt…

Applications are now open for the Downing Professorship of the Laws of England (Faculty of Law), with a focus on private law. Candidates will be internationally recognised as a leader in the field. Closing 14/8/25. Start date: 1/10/26. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51789/

A regrettably skewed presentation of the constitution on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning. The interview with Charlie Falconer and Ilora Finlay began with Anna Foster suggesting to Lord Falconer that "[t]he role of the Lords is to scrutinise and to improve but ultimately to uphold



A good piece by Lisa James of UCL Constitution Unit arguing that there's an increasingly pressing need for the UK Cabinet Manual to be updated. constitution-unit.com/2025/06/27/the…



My timeline is full of slick promotional videos by candidates standing for the Chancellorship of Cambridge University. It's surprising how many of them seem to be unaware of what the Chancellor's role does — and, importantly, doesn't — involve.



What an unedifying process this has been (and polls have only just opened). I do hope there will be an appropriate process of reflection about the role of and electoral process for the Cambridge University Chancellorship in due course.

Just catching up with this excellent piece by George Peretz QC (Monckton Chambers) examining — and, in my view, convincingly dismantling — arguments advanced by those on the left (specifically within the 'Blue Labour' tradition) for withdrawal from the ECHR. ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/10/geo…