Public & Regulatory

The Supreme Court concluded that the Government did not have the power under the prerogative to give notice pursuant to Article 50(2) TEU for the UK to withdraw from the EU.

The prorogation of Parliament in the period leading up to the UK’s scheduled withdrawal from the EU was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating the constitutional role of Parliament.

The Scottish Parliament does not have the competence to legislate for the holding of a referendum on Scottish independence.

One of the most high-profile human rights cases of recent years, the Supreme Court found that the forced removal of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda would breach Article 3 ECHR. One aspect of the challenge proceeded to Strasbourg.

A case concerning the extent to which the State is under an obligation to investigate and take further action in respect of Russian interference in UK elections.

The High Court quashed two Ofcom decisions in which Ofcom had found that GB News had breached the Broadcasting Code in relation to two broadcasts of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State of Nation.

A high-profile challenge brought by the Duke of Sussex to changes made to his protective security arrangements following his “stepping back” from royal duties and his relocation overseas.

The Supreme Court considered an Article 14 ECHR challenge to social security legislation, providing guidance on the margin of appreciation in such cases and the proper approach of English and Welsh courts to decisions of higher courts in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

This Supreme Court judgment is the leading case on when a policy is unlawful because it advises those to whom it is addressed to act in a way which would be unlawful.

The first post-Brexit subsidy control judicial review to reach the Court of Appeal, concerning a multi-billion pound subsidy of the sale of a retail energy supply business. The cases raised questions of the interpretation of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.