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The most important consultation case of the year? The return of Article 39

Earlier this year we reported on the case of Article 39 v Secretary of State for Education, a challenge brought by the children’s rights charity Article 39 to the Adoption and children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. The case went to appeal, and this week we received the judgment, and it could be one of the most significant consultation cases we’ve […]

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The ‘Permitted development’ case: When can you break a promise to consult?

Article / Stephen Hill

Three weeks ago in the Week in Parliament, we discussed the debate around the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2020 (and a variety of related orders). In short, a motion of regret had been brought by Lord German to object to the procedure by which the regulations were being

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

Well with the transatlantic excitement of last week now done and dusted, it’s time for the UK to stand up, frantically wave, and perhaps put on some sort of comical costume to draw attention back to itself. It has done so by exposing all the internal battles of No. 10 to the world. Messy, but

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The Faulks Review – Judicial review under threat?

Article / Stephen Hill

Most consultors will be familiar with at least the basics of judicial review. It’s a process that allows decisions of public authorities to be challenged in the courts and gives individuals and groups a way to quash or otherwise alter unlawful decisions. It provides a vital balance between the vastly different levels of power represented by the

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Three consultation lessons from the US election

Article / Stephen Hill

At the time of writing, President Trump is still resisting calls to concede the election, but the process up until this point has given us much food for thought. Although it would be easy to dismiss it as irrelevant, here at the Institute we think there are three major lessons for consultations that can be taken

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

No-one’s watching Westminster right now are they? Let’s be honest, there are bigger things going on in the world. But that doesn’t make the day-to-day of governance any less important, and I’ve once again been casting my eyes over the Mother of all Parliaments (and only occasionally getting distracted by going down electoral rabbit-holes in

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Pre-determination and pre-emption: making changes before a consultation

Article / Stephen Hill

One fairly common accusation levelled at consultors in the media and in court is that of pre-determination. “The decision was already made!” campaigners will cry. We saw an example of this last week in this story where a change to the public sector pay exit cap drew threats of a legal challenge on the grounds

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

We’ll be having a fairly short WIP this week. Not because of any particular aversion to work on my part, but because the chambers across the UK have simply not been providing me with the material. I’m raring to go. That being said, I haven’t helped myself by splitting off the near-weekly update on the

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Institute FOI on the UK Internal Market Bill Consultation

Article / Stephen Hill

We’ve been writing for weeks about the controversial United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, following its passage through Parliament and highlighting our own concerns about the consultation behind it. Rather than just doing another update in the Week in Parliament, we thought we’d update you on how and why we’re pursuing this one a little further.

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The most important consultation case of the year? The return of Article 39

The ‘Permitted development’ case: When can you break a promise to consult?

The Week in Parliament

The Faulks Review – Judicial review under threat?

Three consultation lessons from the US election

The Week in Parliament

Pre-determination and pre-emption: making changes before a consultation

The Week in Parliament

Institute FOI on the UK Internal Market Bill Consultation

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