You can now register for this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Executive Power”. Registration is open and you can also simply join any or all of the webinars by clicking the links below or in the attached PDF. Here is a description of this year’s series: Executive power has been the site of […] Read more
This is my last post in a series on the Irish Supreme Court’s decision in Zalewski, looking at the historical background to Articles 34.1 and 37.1 of the Irish Constitution. See my penultimate post for further background. There is also historical evidence that supports narrow readings of both Article 34.1 and Article 37.1. (i) Reading […] Read more
From the High Court of Australia, an interesting case at the intersection between public law and private law: Redland City Council v. Kozik, [2024] HCA 7. Here, the Council undertook substantial public works on waterways within its area. The Council was statutorily obliged to undertake these works. It was also statutorily entitled to levy special […] Read more
Back in the mists of time (i.e. last October) I posted a series of comments on the important decision of the Irish Supreme Court in the Zalewski case (here, here, here and here). The basic issue is that the court read both Articles 34.1 and 37.1 of the Irish Constitution broadly. I will argue, in […] Read more
In the classic case of Kruse v. Johnson, [1898] 2 QB 91, Lord Russell of Killowen CJ set out a test of unreasonableness for municipal by-laws. One basis for invalidity, under the broad heading of unreasonableness, was where the by-law in question was “found to be partial and unequal in [its] operation as between different […] Read more
