Constitutional law

Twenty five years after coming into force, the Human Rights Act has embedded itself in UK law, strengthening rights without unsettling the constitution, writes Alistair Mills

Alistair Mills of Landmark Chambers reflects on the Human Rights Act 1998 a quarter-century after it came into force, in this week's issue of NLJ

Professor Graham Zellick KC questions why parliamentarians are able to misuse their immunity with impunity

Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege

How has a phrase that appears nowhere in the supreme law of the US managed to become part of it? Athelstane Aamodt considers the history

Trans rights in the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court judgment is a complex and sensitive area. In this week’s NLJ, Dr Graham Zellick KC, emeritus professor of law and former vice-chancellor of the University of London, reflects on the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland, the wider societal context behind the decision and the limited powers of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, under which gender recognition certificates are issued

Graham Zellick KC reflects on the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland, & whether it is the last word on the vexed subject of trans rights

Neil Parpworth analyses Green v UK, in which the European Court of Human Rights upheld parliamentarians’ protection

A parliamentary committee is investigating the sub judice resolution, which prevents MPs from referring to a current or impending court case

Ceri Morgan analyses the response to lender liability in motor finance broker commission cases