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Cases are listed in order of their neutral citation and where possible a link to the official text of the decision in PDF format has been provided. The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange.
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legislation.gov.uk, formerly known as the UK Statute Law Database, is the official Web-accessible database of the statute law of the United Kingdom, hosted by The National Archives. Established in the early 2000s, [ 1 ] it contains all primary legislation in force since 1267 and all secondary legislation since 1823; it does not include ...
Public general acts form the largest category of legislation, in principle affecting the public general law applying to everyone across the entire United Kingdom, or at least to one or more of its constituent countries of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales. [3] Most public general acts proceed through Parliament as a public bill.
A Concise History of the Common Law. Fifth Edition. 1956. Reprinted. Lawbook Exchange. 2001. Pages 326 and 327. See further page 423. Craies and Hardcastle. "Citation". Treatise on the Construction and Effect of Statute Law. 2nd Ed. 1892. Chapter 3. Section 6. Pages 57 to 61. Dane and Thomas. "Citation of Statutes". How to Use a Law Library ...
The UK Government considers that the main purpose of public inquiries is in “preventing recurrence”. [5] Between 1990 and 2017 UK governments spent at least £630m on public inquiries, [5] with most expensive being the Bloody Sunday Inquiry costing £210.6 million. [5] [6] Most public inquiries take about two years to complete their work. [5]
At the Palace of Westminster, Parliament crowns the UK's constitution. The House of Commons represents around 65 million people in 650 constituencies. The House of Lords is still unelected but can be overruled. [1] The United Kingdom constitutional law concerns the governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.