Public law and devolution

A number of differences are emerging between central government and the devolved governments on the role of law to enforce rights, ensure government accountability, and uphold the Rule of Law. This panel will consider the function and use of public law in this post-Brexit devolutionary landscape

Chair: Akash Paun, Institute for Government
Mick Antoniw MS, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, Welsh Government
Michael P Clancy OBE, Director Law Reform, The Law Society of Scotland
Helen Mountfield QC, Matrix Chambers
Professor Rory O’Connell, University of Ulster

Links from the panel chat:

Joe Tomlinson and Alison Pickup: Putting the Cart before the horse? The Confused Empirical Basis for Reform of Cart Judicial Reviews

UK Government, Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past CP 498 (14 July 2021). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/addressing-the-legacy-of-northern-irelands-past

CAJ and QUB Model Bill Team, Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past: The Model Bill Team’s Response to the NIO proposals (2021) https://caj.org.uk/2021/09/07/new-report-finds-proposed-uk-government-amnesty-cannot-deliver-truth-for-victims-of-the-troubles/