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Green v United Kingdom ( Application no. 22077/19) Background This case stems from a member of the House of Lords invoking Parliamentary privilege to name the applicant on the floor of the House in relation to allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, despite an interim privacy injunction and an anonymity order in proceedings against a newspaper. Sir Philip Green lodged an application against the UK, alleging infringements of Articles 6, 8 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR). The court considered whether the free speech dimension of Parliamentary privilege, which grants absolute protection from legal action for statements made in Parliamentary proceedings, was justified in these circumstances. The judgment also weighed the need to preserve free expression in Parliament against the requirement to uphold the separation of powers between the legislature and the...
Both committees reviewed the following proposed negative SIs and made no suggestion to upgrade: Public Procurement ( Revocation) Regulations 2025 Energy ( Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) ( Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025 Latest Commons select committee recommendations Here are the most recent papers from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee: Votes and Proceedings, 1 April 2025— Select Committees: Reports, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Votes and Proceedings, 2 April 2025— Select Committees: Reports, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Latest SLSC recommendations Here is the newest report from the SLSC: SLSC—22nd Report of Session 2024–25, 3 April 2025 Instruments of interest The SLSC noted the following Brexit-related instrument as of interest, though it was not brought to the special attention of the House: REACH Fees and Charges ( Amendment of...
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Latest SIs laid for sifting The following statutory instrument was laid for sifting on 28 March 2025: Public Procurement ( Revocation) Regulations 2025 A complete list of all proposed negative procedure SIs under REUL( RR) A 2023 is available here. Sifting process for proposed negative procedure SIs introduced under REUL( RR) A 2023 REUL( RR) A 2023 provides a suite of delegated powers enabling the government and the devolved administrations to introduce SIs to revise assimilated law. The primary legislative powers appear in REUL( RR) A 2023, ss 11–16. The central procedural requirements, including routes for parliamentary scrutiny, for these instruments are specified in REUL( RR) A 2023, s 20 and Schedules 4–5......
Editor’s note— Anurag Deb, Ph D researcher at the School of Law, Queens University, Belfast Welcome to the inaugural 2025 issue of the Public Law Case Law Quarterly, bringing together summaries and analysis of pivotal judgments chosen by the Lexis+ UK Public Law team, complemented by expert comment from a range of specialist contributors. This instalment spans a broad spectrum of public law matters, from human rights to the ongoing effects of Brexit, public procurement, and even State immunity. Notable among the cases is Department for Justice v JR123, where the Supreme Court endorsed Northern Ireland’s offender rehabilitation regime, holding that the Rehabilitation of Offenders ( Northern Ireland) Order 1978 strikes a fair equilibrium between Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR) and the public interest. Also significant is R ( GB News Ltd) v Ofcom, in which the High Court...
Merck Serono v Comptroller- General of Patents [2025] EWCA Civ 45 The dispute centred on Merck’s bid for an SPC covering cladribine for treating multiple sclerosis, relying on its 2017 marketing authorisation for Mavenclad®. The request was found not to satisfy Article 3(d) of Regulation ( EC) 469/2009 (the EU SPC Regulation) owing to the presence of an earlier marketing authorisation for a medicinal product with cladribine as the active ingredient. In reality, two prior authorisations existed: one for Leustat®, granted in 1995, and another for Letak®, granted in 2004. Each authorisation concerned a medicinal product comprising cladribine as an active ingredient for the therapy of hairy cell leukaemia. Those earlier approvals long pre-dated Mavenclad®, both designating cladribine as the active substance and addressing hairy cell leukaemia, rather than multiple sclerosis, thereby preventing full compliance with Article 3(d). Merck’s SPC...
The proposed negative SI was reviewed by both committees with no advice to upgrade: Companies Act 2006 ( Recognition of Third Country Qualifications and Practical Training) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 Latest Commons select committee recommendations The most recent report from the Business and Trade Committee is: Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 18 March 2025— Select Committees: Reports, Business and Trade Committee Latest SLSC recommendations The latest publication from the SLSC is: SLSC—21st Report of Session 2024–25, 27 March 2025 Instruments of interest The SLSC identified the following Brexit-related instrument as of interest, but did not draw it to the special attention of the House: Persistent Organic Pollutants ( Amendment) ( No 2) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/297 Further conclusions can be found here......
In this issue: Spring Statement 2025 Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Coronavirus ( COVID-19) highlights Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights State security and intelligence Information law Subsidy control and State aid Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Useful information Spring Statement 2025 Spring Statement 2025—key public law announcements At the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined a number of measures pertinent to Public Law professionals, spanning public sector reform, oversight of spending, defence procurement, government efficiency, and investment in infrastructure. Commentary on the package has been provided by Crowley Woodford, partner, Ashurst; Gemma Duncan, partner, and James Goldthorpe, trainee...
Latest SIs laid for sifting The following statutory instrument was formally withdrawn and subsequently re-laid for parliamentary sifting on 25 March 2025: The Energy ( Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) ( Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025 An earlier version of this draft statutory instrument was tabled on 24 March (see: REUL( RR) A 2023 SI Bulletin—drafts laid for sifting on 24 March 2025). It was re-laid on 25 March 2025 with an explicit, specified commencement provision (21 days after being made) and an updated explanatory memorandum that signposts the planned future reforms section of the Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report for June to December 2024. A complete list of all proposed negative procedure SIs under REUL( RR) A 2023 can be accessed here......
Latest SIs laid for sifting On 24 March 2025, the following SI was submitted for sifting: Energy ( Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) ( Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025 The complete list of proposed negative procedure SIs under REUL( RR) A 2023 is available here. Sifting process for proposed negative procedure SIs introduced under REUL( RR) A 2023 REUL( RR) A 2023 sets out a suite of delegated powers enabling the government and the devolved administrations to bring forward SIs to amend assimilated law. The principal legislative powers are contained in REUL( RR) A 2023, ss 11–16. The key procedural requirements, including parliamentary scrutiny arrangements for these instruments, are provided in REUL( RR) A 2023, s 20 and Schedules 4–5......
The Business and Trade Committee and the SLSC reviewed the following proposed negative SI and made no recommendation to upgrade: Companies ( Directors’ Remuneration and Audit) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 Latest Commons select committee recommendations Here is the latest report from the Business and Trade Committee: Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 18 March 2025— Select Committees: Reports, Business and Trade Committee Latest SLSC recommendations Here is the latest report from the SLSC: SLSC—20th Report of Session 2024–25, 20 March 2025 Instruments drawn to the special attention of the House The SLSC drew the following Brexit-related instrument to the special attention of the House on the basis that it is politically or legally significant and raises public policy matters likely to interest the House: Draft Genetic Technology ( Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/ Draft Further conclusions are available here......
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Judicial review Equality and human rights State accountability and liability Subsidy control and State aid New and updated content Dates for your diary Useful information Brexit highlights Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee launches inquiry on Windsor Framework The Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee has begun its first inquiry into Northern Ireland’s voice under the Windsor Framework. It will review various engagement tools, including the Stormont Brake and the applicability motion process. Written evidence is invited until 30 April 2025, with oral hearings starting on 19 March 2025. The Committee will draw on evidence gathered by the House of Lords European Affairs Sub- Committee since May 2024, examining how well current structures enable Northern Ireland stakeholders to more effectively engage with EU legislation. See: LNB News 14/03/2025 39. European Commission proposes six-month extension of UK data adequacy decisions The European Commission has proposed a further...
Latest SIs laid for sifting The following statutory instrument was re-laid for sifting on 12 March 2025: The Companies Act 2006 ( Recognition of Third Country Qualifications and Practical Training) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 An earlier iteration of this draft SI was withdrawn from consideration. A list of proposed negative procedure SIs under REUL( RR) A 2023 can be found here. Sifting process for proposed negative procedure SIs introduced under REUL( RR) A 2023 REUL( RR) A 2023 provides a range of delegated powers enabling the government and devolved administrations to make SIs to reform assimilated law. The principal legislative powers are contained in REUL( RR) A 2023, ss 11–16. The core procedural requirements, including parliamentary scrutiny arrangements, for these instruments are set out in REUL( RR) A 2023, s 20 and Schs 4–5. Where the......
A proposed negative SI was reviewed by the Transport Committee and the SLSC, and neither advised an upgrade: New Heavy Duty Vehicles ( Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) ( Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 Latest Commons select committee recommendations The most recent Transport Committee publication is: Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 11 March 2025— Select Committees: Reports, Transport Committee Latest SLSC recommendations The latest report from the SLSC is: SLSC—94th Report of Session 2024–25, 13 March 2025 Instruments drawn to the special attention of the House The SLSC drew the following Brexit-related statement to the special attention of the House because the supporting explanation did not provide enough detail to make the policy aim and planned delivery clear: National Procurement Policy Statement Further conclusions are available here. Latest SIs laid for sifting For information on the most recently laid SIs for sifting, see: REUL( RR) A 2023 ......
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Public procurement Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Subsidy control and State aid Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights Commons Library publishes briefing on progress on UK- EU relationship reset The House of Commons Library has issued a detailed briefing on the Labour government’s push to reset UK‑ EU relations since July 2024. Formal negotiations began in December 2024, ahead of a key UK‑ EU summit in London on 19 May 2025. The reset is built on three core strands: foreign policy and security cooperation, safeguarding citizens, and strengthening trade. In February 2025, the Prime Minister attended a meeting of EU leaders, advocating a broad...
In the matter of an application for Judicial Review by JR123 ( Appellant) ( Northern Ireland) [2025] UKSC 8 Background This appeal considers whether Northern Ireland’s arrangements for when convictions become ‘spent’, under the Rehabilitation of Offenders ( Northern Ireland) Order 1978, are compatible with the appellant’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life in the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR). At the time of writing, the appellant is presently 66 years old now. In 1980, when aged 21, he was convicted of arson and of possessing a petrol bomb in suspicious circumstances. He received concurrent terms of imprisonment of five years and four years respectively, and he was released from custody in 1982. The appellant states that he is a fully rehabilitated member of society, expressing shame and regret for his offences. The respondent, the...
R (on the application of GB News Ltd) v The Office of Communications ( OFCOM) [2025] EWHC 460 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The rising incidence of politicians stepping into atypical media slots will inevitably require OFCOM to address due impartiality and accuracy in news and current affairs more often. Achieving the appropriate balance is notoriously difficult: upholding freedom of expression whilst maintaining impartial and accurate reporting, all against a backdrop of numerous alternative, unregulated online sources, including social media and podcasts. The judgment supplies useful guidance and clearer contours to the existing framework. On the footing of the current Broadcasting Code, the court stated that OFCOM’s effort to stretch the Code so as to forbid politicians from presenting hybrid news and current affairs programmes was unsound. As a result, broadcasters enjoy wider editorial discretion when appointing...
Working on Wellbeing Ltd Trading as Optima Health v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2025] EWCA Civ 127 What are the practical implications of this case? Case law on fixing mistakes in tenders has sown uncertainty for years. Authorities often wish to seek clarifications on bids, yet hold back for fear of infringing equal treatment. This judgment introduces a fresh test to determine when clarification of bids is permitted or required. It should enable authorities to deploy sensible discretion, putting fair and healthy competition in public procurement first. It also offers a timely reminder to secure clear drafting, particularly around exclusion provisions. The decision concerns a procurement run under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ( PCR 2015), SI 2015/102. It will continue to be relevant to how far authorities may, or must, clarify bids under sections 19 and 30 of the...
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Public procurement Equality and human rights Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Information law Subsidy control and State aid Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights Court of Appeal rules on judicial review of Bulb Energy transfer ( R ( British Gas Trading Ltd) v Secretary of State for ESNZ) In R (on the applications of British Gas Trading Ltd and other companies) v The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and others [2025] EWCA Civ 209, the Court of Appeal considered a challenge to the Divisional Court’s refusal to grant permission for judicial review of decisions by the...
Latest SIs laid for sifting The following SI was put forward for sifting on 4 March 2025: The Companies ( Directors’ Remuneration and Audit) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 A comprehensive register of all proposed negative procedure SIs under REUL( RR) A 2023 can be found here. Sifting process for proposed negative procedure SIs introduced under REUL( RR) A 2023 REUL( RR) A 2023 provides a suite of delegated powers enabling the government and devolved administrations to make SIs to update assimilated law. The principal legislative powers appear in REUL( RR) A 2023, ss 11–16. The key procedural requirements, including parliamentary scrutiny routes, for these instruments are contained in REUL( RR) A 2023, s 20 and Schs 4–5. Where the government intends to lay SIs in Parliament under REUL( RR) A 2023, ss 11, 12......
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