

(Another) Conservative policy for the scrapheap?
Some three weeks ago, the Supreme Court delivered a hammer blow to the Home Office. The hit came in the form of a ruling that is likely to “very heavily limit, if not entirely curtail” the use of the Home Office’s ‘deport first, appeal later’ power on the grounds that it was in fact, an unlawful policy. The system was in fact, a conservative pledge in their manifesto, having been introduced in July 2014. Although highly controversial, the power is used rather regularly. On


Northern Ireland: Judicial Review of Abortion Policy
It was reported on 14th June 2017 that the highest court within the UK, the Supreme Court, narrowly rejected an appeal from Northern Ireland regarding free abortions. This particular case was rejected in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal prior to being heard in the Supreme Court.The full judgment can be found here . The appeal concerned a mother and daughter, who were appealing for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England. Curren


Arbitration: The way forward?
The advantages of arbitration over the 'traditional' route of court proceedings.











