Within the UK, fertility treatment is strictly regulated by the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority, (HFEA), under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and
the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, (the “1990 Act” and the “2008 Act”, respectively). [...]
In July we reviewed the most-viewed posts for the period 1 August 2024 to 4 July 2025; below is the information up to the end of 2025 [1]. 1 * * * * guest post * guest post
[1] 1 January 2025 to 19 December 2025. [...]
Reforming (or at least tweaking) the ECHR On 10 December, at a meeting of the Justice Ministers of the Council of Europe, a joint statement was delivered, signed by 27 countries,
including the UK. Its principal purpose was to call for action to ensure that “the Convention framework is fit to address today’s challenges”, most notably: [...]
Background The RAISE programme in Northern Ireland seeks to reduce educational disadvantage and originated from the New Decade, New Approach agreement. An expert panel examined
links between underachievement and social disadvantage and published A Fair Start in May 2021, which recommended creating a Reducing Educational Disadvantage programme. [...]
Background The Revd David Green was an assistant curate in deacon’s orders at St Bartholomew, Longnor, in the Diocese of Lichfield. He brought a claim against the Diocesan
Board of Finance and the Bishop for detrimental treatment and discrimination. His primary complaint was that the Bishop had made an unreasonable decision not to ordain [...]
The following statements were issued on 11 December 2025 by Lambeth Palace and the Bishop of London. Lambeth Palace and Bishop of London statements Lambeth Palace and Bishop
of London statements [...]
The Church of England has issued the Statement, reproduced below, following the broadcast of the Channel 4 documentary See No Evil. Statement on Smyth documentary Statement
on Smyth documentary [...]
Subsequent to the recent updates on events at Bangor Cathedral, here and here, on 4 December 2025, The Dean and Chapter issued a further announcement, the English version
of which is reproduced in full below. [...]
Scotland: hydrolysis as an alternative option to burial or cremation The Scottish Government laid the Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 and the Hydrolysis (Scotland)
(No. 2) Regulations 2026 in the Scottish Parliament on 3 December. The Regulations will enable hydrolysis to be offered as an alternative option to burial or cremation. [...]
Very happy to announce the publication this month of Andrea Pin’s latest book, Dignity in Judgment: Constitutional Adjudication in Comparative Perspective (Oxford). Andrea
is a Full Professor at Padua and one of the world’s leading scholars in comparative constitutional law–as well as a friend of the Mattone Center and frequent [...]
