Dr Jake Hinks

So plan B from press conference: elevate UK's MoU with Rwanda to a treaty with specific safeguards, then introduce emergency legislation to have Parlt put in primary legislation that Rwanda is to be treated as a safe country. Quick 🧵@IanDunt @woodstockjag @JoshuaRozenberg

Some very public-facing comments by Lord Reed in the opening of his summary of the judgment: - Policy is not that the UK will process asylum claims whilst people are in Rwanda, Rwanda will process them (despite the former often being claimed) - The non-refoulement principle is contained in a number of treaties not just the European Convention on Human Rights and Human Rights Act

Even with a large conservative majority, it's hard to see Parliament voting for policy which has just been ruled unlawful in such clear terms, particularly when the UK Gov has so often marginalised parliament in law-making in recent years 1/

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously found that the Government’s #Rwanda Policy is unlawful. Four key takeaways, and what’s next.

As term gets underway @Cambridge_Uni, I'm looking forward to welcoming new students this week @cambridgelaw. In case of use to new students here or elsewhere, here's something I posted a little while ago about how to write a law essay. publiclawforeveryone.com/2022/02/16/wri…

Rishi Sunak apologises to LGBT veterans for armed forces ban as report reveals 'horrific' historical treatment news.sky.com/story/rishi-su…

A fantastically wet evening last night watching @nilerodgers at Ludlow castle

Glad to see that the House of Lords passed a crossbench amendment to the Illegal Migration Bill to guard against LGBTIQA+ people being sent to countries where they would have a well-founded fear of persecution. I doubt this will survived the Commons, but we fight on.

Brilliantly thought provoking plenary on 'Using Law in the Promotion of Justice, Development and Minority Rights' #SLSBrookes23

Today the @UKHouseofLords is considering Private Members’ Bills. Our guide to the legislative process for #PMBs in the Lords explains the procedures and why they are more straightforward than #PMB procedures in the Commons. ow.ly/51iL50OQbel

Only had 60 secs to sum up whole host of reasons why Lords amendments to Govt's reckless #REULBill were critical - to stop blatant executive power grab & avoid environmental protections being trashed. Govt has, to its shame, just voted down both amendments. @euromove @GreenerUK_

🚨WATCH BACK 🤩'The Parliamentary Battle over Brexit and the Constitution' is available to watch back ⬇️ Meg Russell & @james_lisak discussed their new book with @joannaccherry, @DavidGauke @redhistorian ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u… 🧐The event opened with this reminder clip...

@Chris_JMonaghan It was certainly a thought provoking day & was great to see you Chris.

Lovely day up in Birmingham and so many great scholars working in Public Law. Some fascinating papers and has given me loads of ideas.

The rule of law explained in 48 seconds. If you retweet nothing else, ever, retweet this.

An insightful day yesterday spent at @AstonUniversity (it felt nice to be back) for the @wmldocnetwork spring conference. It was brilliant to listen to such excellent research talks from the PhD candidates - well done all who participated #2023WMLDNSpring

It's today! @wmldocnetwork Members and Delegates are all coming to Aston Business and Law School, for a full day of research and networking, with a theory and methods workshop at the end. If you are tweeting, join us at #2023WMLDNSpring

🇹🇼 Taiwan has expanded its adoption rights for same-sex couples. 👨‍👨‍👦 Taiwan's parliament passed an amendment on Tuesday allowing gay couples to jointly adopt children - a move hailed by activists as "another big step forward" for marriage equality.

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ON THE BLOG: What role should the monarch have in a constitutional crisis? @redhistorian argues the UK can't rely on a ceremonial monarchy to protect the constitution. Other instruments are needed, without which both monarchy and constitution will suffer constitution-unit.com/2023/04/26/the…

🚨NEW REPORT! 👑Approaching the coronation, we have worked with the wonderful @UKandEU on this report on the British #Monarchy ☑️What does the Monarchy do? ☑️How does it do it? ☑️What is the historical and comparative context? Some highlights ⬇️ 1/ ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u…