Courts in the UK constitutional set-up are not known for quashing primary legislation on ordinary JR grounds. So what happened in the BIOT case? I argue here that the judgment was neither mystifying nor mundane, but an important reminder to look beyond the UK for insights about its own constitution.
Anurag Deb
The quashing of primary legislation: mystifying or mundane? administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/t...
On 31 March 2026, Chief Justice of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Supreme Court James Lewis KC struck down a part of the BIOT’s constitution on the ground that it was unlawful and irrati…
