Rule of law fellowship at Stanford, including comparative law, law and development. careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/rule-of-l…

Judgment has been handed down this morning in the matter of The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd (Appellant) v United Utilities Water Ltd (Respondent) No 2. UKSC 2022/0121: supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-202…

The UK Supreme Court holds that United Utilities can in principle be liable in tort for discharging sewage into the Manchester Ship Canal. Significant case on tort, but also on interaction regulatory legislative frameworks & common law claims, and remedies supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…

Waiting for someone to tweet, "now the Labour begins".

"The Brexit debate has changed fundamentally. The pressure will be there, & it will work in the opposite direction to that we have become accustomed to" 🚨 A brave new (Brexit) world: Anand Menon on how Labour's victory changes the pressure over Brexit. ukandeu.ac.uk/a-brave-new-br…

Come & work with me University of Oxford Oxford Internet Institute - I am looking for 2 Teaching Assistants for my course "Internet Technologies and Regulation". Exciting class on emergent tech incl AI, genAI & facial recognition. Apply now! Deadline: noon Friday 9th August 2024 oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacanci…

🌟 NEW BLOG 🌟 🗣️ Labour is on a European honeymoon, but tougher tests await... 👉 Joël Reland writes that there are a number of challenges for Starmer on the Windsor Framework, border controls, Northern Ireland, and more. ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-is-on-a…

Defence Secretary John Healey is touring European capitals this week to talk defence cooperation. How might UK-EU foreign, security & defence cooperation develop & what are the challenges? Read our report from Jannike Wachowiak, JG & Richard G Whitman ⬇️ ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-eu-…

🧵The Home Secretary has just signed a Statutory Instrument to remove the retrospective effect of the Illegal Migration Act (IMA). But where did this power come from? What has changed? And why is Parliament unlikely to debate or vote on it? legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/815/…

Today, the EC issued its 5th Annual Rule of Law Report. However, the Report doesn't differentiate between democracies and other hybrid regimes. PETRA BÁRD proposes seven steps to improve the Commission’s monitoring exercise: verfassungsblog.de/aristotle-in-t…

NEW: Brussels issues UK list of “good faith” tests to fully implement EU-UK #Brexit divorce deal if it wants deeper relationship — not a bust up, but a clear reminder this won’t be easy. My and my esteemed Brussels colleague Andrew Bounds via @ft /1 on.ft.com/3SsDC3y

Good informative review of EU's 2024 Rule of Law Report from JG Verdicts: ➡️progress good in parts (bad in Hungary) ➡️The ‘success story’ of Poland shows that rule of law progress may come less from EU oversight than free and fair elections ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eus-rule-o…

✍️ "Reporting the state of the rule of law is important, but only effective when active steps are taken as a consequence of what is found." The EU's rule of law crisis - has progress been made? JG unpacks the 2024 Rule of Law Report. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eus-rule-o…

🍕 Lunchtime READ. ✍️ "As the Commission marks its own homework in the report, it can be difficult to get an accurate picture of its progress in tackling rule of law issues in member states". 👩‍⚖️JG unpacks the 2024 Rule of Law Report. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eus-rule-o…

"To continue to engage at length with X is to enable this cycle of behavior. You can count me out" & find me instead on🦋 bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

🤩 And last but not least, if you're interested in digging into the prospects for UK-EU defence and security cooperation, one of Labour's priorities, we've also got a report on that from JG, Jannike Wachowiak, and Richard G Whitman ⬇️ ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-eu-…

🎙️The first episode of The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast - formerly UKICE (I Tell) - is out now! 🎧Listen to Anand Menon's conversation with Alan Wager about Alan's book, 'Cross-Party Politics in Britain', coalition governments & much more. 👉 open.spotify.com/show/2CtwZkUqn…

A statement from our Director Anand Menon on the future of UK in a Changing Europe. Read in full via the link below 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement/s…