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R(Gallaher) v Competition and Markets Authority and the Search for the Principle of Equal Treatment
Fred Allen
18 November 2025
AI and access to justice: Deepening the divide?
Frontline legal services have the most to gain from artificial intelligence, but also face unique challenges in its provision.
10 December 2024
Alternative remedies in judicial review: the case of Re McAleenon [2024] UKSC 31
In October, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous judgment providing guidance on the approach to be taken where a regulator who is subject to judicial review proceedings contends that the claim should be dismissed due to an “alternative suitable remedy”.
9 May 2024
The Rwanda Act: a constitutional crisis?
We are in unprecedented territory, writes Lord (Harry) Carter of Haslemere. So what will our courts do next?
23 November 2023
A Plethora of Public Inquiries
This article was first published by New Law Journal on 4th August.
22 November 2021
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill: Proposed reform of Judicial Review
Attempts to narrow the scope of judicial review have long been on the Conservative Party’s political agenda. Following the Independent Review of Administrative Law (‘IRAL’) and the subsequent government consultation on reform of judicial review, the then Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland, introduced the Judicial Review and Courts Bill (‘the Bill’) to the House of Commons on 21 July 2021. The Bill is making its way through Parliament and is currently at the committee stage.
As we highlighted in our earlier blog following the Bill’s announcement, the proposed reforms are, at first sight, milder than had been feared. Nevertheless, the Bill proposes to make significant amendments to the remedies available in judicial review proceedings and to also limit the court’s jurisdiction.
