There are some interesting nuggets in the recent Privy Council decision in National Bank of Anguilla (Private Banking and Trust) Ltd (in Administration) v. Chief Minister of Anguilla, [2025] UKPC 14 one on the meaning of the arguable case standard for judicial review and one on the duty of candour. The case arose from a […] Read more

This is an extract from my recent paper on the law of bias (available here): There is a problem with the common law of bias as applied to administrative decision-makers. Comprised of a set of heavily context-sensitive principles, it is difficult to predict the application of the law of bias in advance. The Privy Council […] Read more

This morning, the Leaders’ Debates Commission (a body created by an Order in Council to organize leadership debates in advance of federal elections) rescinded its invitation to the Green Party to participate in two debates, this evening and tomorrow. The decision is available here. The reason is that the Green Party initially provided a list […] Read more

I have posted a new paper on SSRN, entitled “On Time and Space: Proximity in the Law of Bias“. I’ll be posting select extracts over the next while. Here is the abstract: In this piece I address the common law of bias in administrative law and offer a proposal designed to enhance analytical clarity: Lawyers […] Read more