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NEW BLOG: The controversial origins of centralised agenda control at Westminster The 'Balfour reforms' established a core feature of the Commons: ministerial agenda control. This post explores whether, as has been claimed, it was adopted by consensus. constitution-unit.com/2024/12/13/the…

Or... A rest break is a legal right that all workers have and should not be talked about like it is an optional extra.

If anyone ever sets up a charity that specialises in legal advice for neurodivergent people and wants someone to help them run it, let me know. I love what I do now, but I feel like that might be my calling, if I have one.

A thing what I wrote.

Amelia Earhart coming to where I work (before I was a glint in the milkman's eye, obviously) is one of my favourite things. If only that would convince @PSB_HQ, whose new album is all about her, to do a gig there, I would be in the front row. No doubt.

It's 2025, you know what that means? That's right, it means the most interesting statute in #landlaw is 100 years old! This year will have a veritable feast of 1925 events, talks, seminars, including ours in Cambridge in Sept, celebrating 100 years of property law reform.

Unless it's significantly strengthened, Labour's Employment Rights Bill will effectively "provide a roadmap to employers to enable them to engage in fire & rehire in a fairly safe way" says Prof Keith Ewing, in our latest #ierpodcast. Hear the rest here: ier.org.uk/the-ier-podcas…

After an FOI dispute lasting 18 months I've finally obtained the official reasons Boris Johnson gave for peerages of Charlotte Owen & Ross Kempsell. The reasons cited for Owen seem thin, inadequate & lacking in evidence, leaving her peerage as a mystery rather than justifying it.

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Well worth reading.

NEW BLOG: The Canadian Prime Minister’s request for prorogation was neither ‘illegal’ nor unconstitutional Steven Chaplin argues that the lengthy prorogation in Canada is perfectly proper and comparisons with the 2019 Johnson prorogation do not hold up. constitution-unit.com/2025/01/24/the…

It's one of the most controversial and consequential bills presented to Parliament for many years. So Mark D'Arcy & I are going to do a regular mini-pod to cover what happens with the #assisteddying bill. This week, what happened at the first Committee meeting and why?

ON THE BLOG: Parliament during the Brexit process Meg Russell's contribution to a new UK in a Changing Europe report examines the role of parliament in the withdrawal process and calls on MPs to work to restore and strengthen parliament's traditional scrutiny role constitution-unit.com/2025/01/28/the…

NEW BLOG. Resigning matters: how and when should someone give up public office? Peter Riddell argues that although it is rightly difficult to remove some public servants, it is also incumbent on them to know in what circumstances they should resign. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/06/res…

🕙 At 10am: main debate of the Crown Estate (Wales) Bill, which seeks to transfer responsibility for the Crown Estate in Wales to the Welsh government. 📺 Watch online parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3d… 📄 Learn more lordslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

This might be unfashionable, but I think even "my" lawyer should give me objective legal advice. I'm free to then ignore it and say, "I want you to convince a judge you're wrong", but I don't want advice that tells me I'm likely going to win, if I am likely going to lose.

Parliament is advertising for a new Black Rod if you fancy a new job. housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/ap…

Deactivating my account. Have not been that present here and enough is enough.