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

I am very pleased to pass on information about an important symposium taking place in March at the Court of Appeal for Ontario to mark the 50th anniversary of her appointment to that court – see further here.  The Court of Appeal for Ontario is marking the 50th anniversary of the appointment of Bertha Wilson to the […] Read more