In this post, John Tingle discusses patient safety culture in NHS.
The indispensable party doctrine resurfaces in Nicaragua v Germany
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili addresses the invocation of the Monetary Gold doctrine in the ongoing litigation of Nicaragua v Germany before the International Court of Justice
Legal arguments and political cost: the latest debate on armed conflicts, Ukraine and the “co-party” status
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili addresses the latest debate on State participation in international armed conflicts.
Reaching 100
Birmingham Law School Research Blog celebrates 100 contributions
Of propriety and discretion, or what the UK Government has told the International Court
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili addresses UK’s submissions made before the International Court of Justice in advisory proceedings concerning Palestine.
How can we guard against AI-generated discrimination?
In this post, Professor Karen Yeung and Milla Vidina discuss the capacity of AI systems to produce discriminatory outputs.
Clinical negligence litigation in the NHS: a move to a no-fault scheme?
John Tingle discusses recent proposals to introduce a no-fault liability scheme for clinical negligence in the NHS.
Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law: autonomous or interlinked?
In this post, Dr Alex Latham-Gambi discusses the relationship between parliamentary sovereignty and the Rule of Law, among others in the context of judicial review and statutory interpretation, and introduces his latest work on that subject-matter.
Lessons from litigating war (by other means)
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili comments on the decision of the International Court of Justice to dismiss the main jurisdictional claim of Ukraine in the case relating to the Genocide Convention
Aligning International Trade Law with the Energy Transition
In this post, Dr Henok Asmelash discusses the issue of greenhouse emissions in the light of international trade law