Director of Research, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law; Professor of Law, University College London; PI of Lex-Atlas: Covid-19. Public law and jurisprudence.
Nov 15, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Having considered the PM's statement on responding to the Rwanda judgment with a treaty and emergency legislation, a few thoughts on how Parliament might respond below - prompted by @Prof_Phillipson 's thread - long thread:
Re the bilateral treaty, I think it could be arranged fairly quickly under the circumstances -the result is plainly anticipated by Gov and discussions will have been held. Not sure of the end game - whether to override treaties to the contrary or provide safeguards; 1/13
Dec 30, 2020 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
Here are some thoughts about the constitutional implications of the EU (Future Relationship) Bill and some suggestions for what might have been done. Warning - blog post posing as THREAD.
First - the draft Bill is here and will be introduced into Parliament in the morning of the 30th: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Mar 18, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
There are a number of issues forecast in the Gov’s pre-bill publication announcement of the Coronavirus Bill which I think could benefit from advanced thinking: Here’s the statement: Thread - 1/8 gov.uk/government/pub…
Is a two year period (leading to sunset) too much? Should it be 1 year renewable? By what process renewed? I’d hope by affirmative resolution of both houses if possible. 2/8
