Profile avatar
paulfscott.bsky.social
Constitutional law and national security law etc at the University of Glasgow
360 posts 1,967 followers 1,819 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter

Chair of the Afghanistan Inquiry has allowed an application for 'Green Hearing' from witnesses giving evidence about 'an occasion during a Deliberate Detention Operation when an individual was shot in the head whilst they slept.' iiaweb-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Ruling-on-Gr...

'... the British people and homeland (including the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)': www.gov.uk/government/p...

Chair of the Afghanistan Inquiry has allowed an application for 'Green Hearing' from witnesses giving evidence about 'an occasion during a Deliberate Detention Operation when an individual was shot in the head whilst they slept.' iiaweb-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Ruling-on-Gr...

'I have considered carefully the nature and scale of Palestine Action’s activity. Proscription represents a legitimate response to the threat posed by Palestine Action.' questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

'management and use of covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) in Ireland “is governed by a Garda policy, which neither defines CHIS nor provides detail about the circumstances in which such they can be used”.'

'Micheál O’Flynn, a senior lecturer in law at the University of Glasgow, said law enforcement has been discussing the need for greater legal clarity around online searches for seized devices for years.' www.computerweekly.com/news/3666260...

Phrase that doesn't appear in this article: 'Overseas Territory': www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'The initiative could attract scrutiny from civil liberties groups that express concern over legitimate travellers, especially asylum seekers, and would outsource critical immigration decisions to private airline staff.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

'In the unlikely event I, as Prime Minister, were to proceed with a nomination against HOLAC’s advice on propriety I would write to the Commission and this letter would be published on gov.uk.' questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

On the order paper tomorrow... commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/955...

'Judge Baty... said: “In complete isolation, it looks like an admission of direct race discrimination on the basis of nationality.” But he said in fact Xu had been turned down as she would not get security clearance because of her nationality.' www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...

'Monaghan told the judge Mrs Justice Collins Rice that these ordering provisions [in the 'non-consensual conception' exception to the two-child limit] were irrational and breached the women’s right not to be discriminated against under article 14 of the European convention on human rights.'

investigatorypowerstribunal.org.uk/judgement/kn...

Some striking new powers to be added into the Crime and Policing Bill at Report stage: publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

Conor Casey: The “Constitutional Oddity” at the Centre of Government Lawyering in the United Kingdom: A Note on the First Treasury Counsel ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/06/16/c...

www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

What should be done about 'national security' in the Northern Ireland Bill (1998):

The Establishment of the Patrick Finucane Inquiry questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

The Army Council's proposal for a Bill that would have become the Official Secrets Act 1935 (1935):

Debating the Dependent Territories (1994):

Pleased to have been awarded some money by the Society of Legal Scholars to do an event on 'Economic Aspects of the Constitution' later in the year. Call for papers to follow.

Pleased to have been awarded some money by the Society of Legal Scholars to do an event on 'Economic Aspects of the Constitution' later in the year. Call for papers to follow.

The Petition of Right from In re A Petition of Right [1915] 3 KB 649.

Open access link to this timely book in times of Palantir and state capitalism: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... Just came back from book launch, which was one of the best ones I've been to for a long time... congratulations @bernardkeenan.bsky.social !

Leah Trueblood: An Injustice in the Law of Information Rights: Tortoise Media Ltd v Conservative Party and Unionist Party ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/06/11/l...

Fascinating insights from UCL Laws’ Bernard Keenan on state surveillance, skullduggery, political power and legality at the lively launch of his first book, ‘Interception: State Surveillance from Postal Systems to Global Networks’.  tinyurl.com/3afz3mcm

'The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

'The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

'When contacted by the BBC, IPCO said it was "misled into amending our draft report to remove the finding that Agent X's status had been disclosed."' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'When contacted by the BBC, IPCO said it was "misled into amending our draft report to remove the finding that Agent X's status had been disclosed."' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Woodward is understood to have never worked directly for MI6.' on.ft.com/43TxRkg

Supporting Waxahatchee next week: youtu.be/zWW2JfZzmrE?...

Antonia Layard: Darwall and the Public Life of Private Property ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/06/04/a...

Every bin everywhere is now two bins, and it's never clear which one your coffee cup goes in.

'Kilroy tells the court that on Friday 30 May, Beth’s legal team received a note to confirm that MI5 accepted NCND could no longer apply to the man at the centre of this case.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...