Michael Zander KC
Emeritus professor
Michael Zander KC, NLJ columnist & Emeritus Professor, LSE. Newlawjournal.co.uk
With a new Government sworn in, Michael Zander provides an update on what has changed from the No 1 Bill
Michael Zander records what the Lords Constitution Committee had to say about the Bill
Michael Zander QC on a neglected aspect of the IOPC’s much-criticised report on search warrants obtained in Operation Midland
Michael Zander QC analyses the events in Parliament on 19 October, and asks: what happens next?
Michael Zander QC on what the press said about the judges after the Supreme Court’s prorogation decision
Michael Zander QC assesses the Supreme Court’s remarkable decision
Michael Zander QC on the former prime minister’s written case
Michael Zander QC on the government’s argument that proroguing Parliament was lawful
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NEWS
"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
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