Melanie Carter

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Government announces independent review of judicial review
2020-08-06T11:37:00
On 31 July 2020 the Government launched an independent review to examine whether there is a need to reform the judicial review process in the UK.
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Public law for regulators in the time of coronavirus
2020-04-06T15:48:00
Prioritise the most urgent and serious needs and act as flexibly as you can within your own legal framework/policies.
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When to disapply subordinate legislation
20 January 2020
It is still relatively uncontroversial to suggest that, as a matter of public law, public authorities must comply with legislation. But what should public authorities do where such compliance would actually result in a breach of a right under the European Convention on Human Rights? In RR v Secretary of ...
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Amenability to judicial review
10 December 2018
Public and regulatory
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A general axiom of rational behaviour
2 July 2018
Public and regulatory: equal treatment.
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Privacy and disclosure
15 January 2018
Two recent cases at the Court of Appeal considered the application of article 8 to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.