Last month, the Federal Court of Appeal handed down an important judgment in Canada (Attorney General) v. Canadian Civil Liberties Association, 2026 FCA 6. The Court of Appeal unanimously agreed with the Federal Court that the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act during the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests in Ottawa in 2022 was unlawful. Common […] Read more

Readers may recall my post marking Conor’s untimely passing (see here). The London School of Economics held a wonderful event last week commemorating Conor’s life and scholarship. I spoke on the ‘Public Law’ panel with Baroness Hale of Richmond and Professor Roger Masterman. Here are my speaking notes (to be published in due course by […] Read more

As noted previously, the Irish government is suggesting significant reforms to the law of judicial review. I was invited to make a submission to the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. Here it is:   This submission relates to the heads of legislation set out in the general scheme of the Civil Reform […] Read more

It has been a busy couple of weeks, mainly because earlier this month I appeared with Sujit Choudhry at the Supreme Court of Canada to argue the appeal in Democracy Watch v. Attorney General of Canada. I had never actually done oral argument in person at the Supreme Court, so this was a fascinating experience — […] Read more