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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 3h

Dane Luo: The Anomalous Islands of Public Interest Functions Immune from Judicial Review ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/14/d...

Dane Luo: The Anomalous Islands of Public Interest Functions Immune from Judicial Review

The Attorney-General is an ancient office that is endowed with a very wide range of discretionary powers and functions. Some of those are classed as ‘public interest functions’. These derive from s…

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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 22h

Brice Dickson: The meaning of ‘civil rights’ in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/13/b...

Brice Dickson: The meaning of ‘civil rights’ in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement

From 14 to 16 October 2025 the UK Supreme Court is due to hear an important case on the extent to which the Windsor Framework – the new name for the revised Ireland / Northern Ireland Protocol to t…

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 21h

'A separate case brought against the Home Office by Privacy International, Liberty and two individuals, which challenges the lawfulness of the technical capability notice, is expected to continue.' www.computerweekly.com/news/3666325...

Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly

Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 23h

British Virgin Islands - governance questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 1d

Conor Crummey: The Principle of Legality, the Definition of ‘Terrorism’, and Palestine Action ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/13/c...

Conor Crummey: The Principle of Legality, the Definition of ‘Terrorism’, and Palestine Action

Two judgments have so far been handed down in the matter of R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; the challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as …

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 1d

The written statement on 'Government of Service' (closing ACOBA, Ethics and Integrity Commission etc) includes this: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 5d

The IPC's update to the IPT on the 'Agent X' investigation: ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Investigatio...

Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 5d

'MI5 had been keen for the case to proceed in order that allegations about Beijing’s espionage methods could be aired in public, according to two government officials.' www.ft.com/content/9dc8...

Collapse of China spy case shows ‘UK can be bullied’, says trial witness

Government failed to provide evidence China was a threat to national security

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 6d

New post | On China, the Official Secrets Act and 'enemies': Is the Prime Minister wrong?
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On China, the Official Secrets Act and ‘enemies’: Is the Prime Minister wrong?

The Prime Minister has claimed that his government’s hands are tied in relation to whether China constituted an ‘enemy’ for the purpose of a now-dropped criminal prosecution under…

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 6d

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 7d

'Powell’s appearance will mark the end of a year-long standoff between the committee and ministers, who refused for months to make him available for scrutiny before parliament.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jonathan Powell to face MPs over role in collapse of espionage trial

National security adviser to answer questions over abandonment of a major Chinese spying case against two Britons

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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 8d

Cassandra Somers-Joce: A New Chapter for Governmental Candour? The Public Office (Accountability) Bill ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/06/c...

Cassandra Somers-Joce: A New Chapter for Governmental Candour? The Public Office (Accountability) Bill

The Public Office (Accountability) Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 16 September 2025. It gives effect to the Labour Party’s 2024 Manifesto commitment to introduce a ‘Hillsborough L…

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 9d

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 11d

'Once they are made public, these Hong Kong records will be invaluable to historians of Hong Kong, China and the British Empire. This cannot come soon enough.'

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 11d

Just released and #OpenAccess, have a read of the article 'Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park' by Matthew Hurst: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park

Following the revelation in 2011 that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was sitting on the migrated archives of dozens of colonial governments, almost 20,000 files were transferred from s...

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, I dont expect this to go anywhere but Im struck by the widespread sense that there's more to it than meets the eye.

Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 12d

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 12d

'The UK Home Office demanded in early September that Apple create a means to allow officials access to encrypted cloud backups, but stipulated that the order applied only to British citizens’ data, according to people briefed on the matter.' www.ft.com/content/d101...

UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data

Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 14d

Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company v The Information Commissioner & National Records of Scotland caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukftt/grc/20...

Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 15d

This seems to be it: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukftt/grc/20...

Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company v The Information Commissioner & Anor - Find Case Law - The National Archives

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 16d

This sits together with the Nathan Gill story - stop and search authority the same in each case: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

George Galloway stopped at Gatwick by counter terrorism police - BBC News

Counter-terrorism officers intercepted the Workers Party leader and his wife without arresting them.

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 17d

'They emerged after Gill was stopped at Manchester Airport on 13 September 2021 under the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 18d

'Intelligence sources accept the need for scrutiny, challenge and improvement – it is “in our DNA,” says one – but they continue to question whether the balance is right, noting that the agencies have “finite” capacity.' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

Access Restricted

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 18d

Neighbourhood pride: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tree of the Year honour for Glasgow's Argyle Street Ash

The tree defeated nine other contenders in a public vote to win the annual prize.

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