On Thursday June 12th 2003, a press release concerning a Cabinet reshuffle declared as a footnote that the office of Lord Chancellor was to be abolished and that a new Supreme Court would replace the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom. In response to intense criticism of the Government for announcing these judicial reforms without holding any prior debate or consultation, Charles Banner and Alexander Deane have sought the views of several constitutional experts - including judges, leading QCs, legal and political academics, commentators and MPs. This book is the...
On Thursday June 12th 2003, a press release concerning a Cabinet reshuffle declared as a footnote that the office of Lord Chancellor was to be abol...
The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters - known ubiquitously as the Aarhus Convention - is having an ever increasing influence on domestic and EU environmental law and procedure. Recent years have seen a steady flow of case law from the UK courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee. As well, there has been a raft of civil procedure reforms in response to concerns about whether the costs rules in domestic environmental litigation are...
The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters - known ubiquit...
