Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Police Responses to Police Misconduct
On 30 September 2021, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal handed down its judgment (IPJ) in the case of Kate Wilson v The Commissioner of...
Laying Down the Law: Reflections on the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
A generous reading of the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) would attribute much of its findings to a desire...
Open Justice, Virtual Hearings, and the Undercover Policing Inquiry
The undercover policing inquiry has set a deadline of 26 June 2020 for written representations from its core participants and from the...
Racisms, Rationalities and Objective Justifications: A Short Note on the Court of Appeal Decision in
On 21 April 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Joint Council...
Stand up, Step Forward, Go Home: Lessons Learned from Windrush
“[t]hose aboard the Windrush...felt they were answering a call from the ‘motherland’ to help her in her time of need after World War Two....
Covid-19 Testing and the Dissonance of Law
The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 25 March (s. 87). For the next two years at least, it is likely to represent the UK...
Disruptive Innovations: The Case of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)
For several years now, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been working toward the design and implementation of a single,...
When the Court Has Its Say About Brexit Day…
On 30 January 2020, the Council of the European Union (Council) voted to adopt the agreement on the withdrawal of the UK and Northern...
The Hostile Environment On Trial
Next Tuesday and Wednesday (14 and 15 January 2020), the Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear the government’s challenge against a High...
An End to the “Management” of Racism in British Universities?
Racism in British universities is not being addressed, it is being managed. As far as it is possible to do so, the “management” of...