College Assistant Professor in Law; Affiliated Lecturer in Law
MA PhD (Cantab)
Interests
Administrative law; constitutional law; legal history
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
I carry out research in English public law, with a particular focus on administrative law (judicial review). I write primarily on the development of doctrine in administrative law, looking at how modern law has been shaped by the history of judicial review. My PhD was on the development of the judicial review process in the 19th century, and was awarded the University of Cambridge's Yorke Prize.
My research has been cited widely, including by the High Court of Australia and in the UK government’s independent review of administrative law. Much of my work has brought me into contact with legislators, policy-makers and others. I have delivered briefings to House of Commons staffers and members of the House of Lords, and my work has been cited in House of Commons Library papers and reports of the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords.
Selected publications
Books
Great Debates in Public Law (with Mark Elliott) (Bloomsbury), forthcoming
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509962617
The Mosaic of Public Law: Essays in Honour of David Feldman (ed) (Hart Publishing), forthcoming
Co-editor(s):
Mark Elliott and Natasa Mavronicola
Publisher:
Public Law Adjudication in Common Law Systems: Process and Substance (ed) (Bloomsbury, 2016)
Co-editor(s):
John Bell, Mark Elliott, Jason NE Varuhas
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781849469913
Articles
'In Defence of Classical Administrative Law' [2026] CLJ (forthcoming)
Citation:
[2026] CLJ (forthcoming)
Published: Forthcoming
'Ouster Clauses and the Common Law: a Historical Reappraisal' (2026) 142 LQR (forthcoming)
Citation:
(2026) 142 LQR (forthcoming)
Published: Forthcoming
'Escaping the Wilderness: R. v Bolton and Judicial Review for Error of Law' [2016] CLJ 333
Citation:
[2016] CLJ 333
Published: Jul 2016
Book Chapters
"Ducks or Rabbits? The History of Judicial Review for Error of Fact" in Mark Elliott, Natasa Mavronicola and Philip Murray (ed(s)), The Mosaic of Public Law: Essays in Honour of David Feldman (Hart Publishing), forthcoming
Publisher:
Published Forthcoming
"Process, Substance and the History of Error of Law Review" in John Bell, Mark Elliott, Jason NE Varuhas, and Philip Murray (ed(s)), Public Law Adjudication in Common Law Systems: Process and Substance (Bloomsbury, 2016)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781849469913
Published Apr 2016
Book Reviews
David Feldman, Key Ideas in Constitutional Law [2026] EHRLR (forthcoming)
Published Forthcoming
Sceptical Perspectives on the Changing Constitution of the United Kingdom, Johnson and Zhu (eds) [2024] CLJ 374
DOI:
10.1017/S0008197324000369
Published Jun 2024
The British Constitution: Continuity and Change, Qvortrup (ed) [2014] CLJ 193
Published Mar 2014
Case Notes
"Cart Revisited: Ouster Clauses and the Upper Tribunal (note on R (LA (Albania) v Upper Tribunal, CA)" [2024] CLJ 6–9
Published: Forthcoming
"Re St Michael le Belfrey, York" [2024] ELJ 231
"Procedural Fairness, Human Rights and the Parole Board (note on Osborn v Parole Board, SC)" [2014] CLJ 5
Published: Mar 2014
"Procedural Fairness in Sports Regulation (note on Cronin v Greyhound Board of Great Britain Ltd, CA)" [2014] Professional Negligence 36
Published: Feb 2014
"The Prince and the Paper: Disclosing Prince Charles's Advocacy Correspondence (note on R (Evans) v Information Commissioner, Upper Tribunal)" [2013] CLJ 1
Published: Mar 2013
"Judicial Review of the Upper Tribunal: Appeal, Review, and the Will of Parliament (note on R (Cart) v Upper Tribunal, SC)" [2011] CLJ 487
Published: Nov 2011
Blog Posts
Conference Papers
"Ducks or Rabbits? The History of Judicial Review for Error of Fact" (UCL Legal History Research Group seminar, Mar 2026)
Conference:
UCL Legal History Research Group seminar
Published: Mar 2026
"The History of Ouster Clauses" (Cambridge Centre for English Legal History seminar, Feb 2026)
Conference:
Cambridge Centre for English Legal History seminar
Published: Feb 2026
"The Constitutional Imperative of Classical Administrative Law" (Centre for Public Law lunchtime seminar, Mar 2025)
Conference:
Centre for Public Law lunchtime seminar
Published: Mar 2025
"What's the Point of Administrative Law?" (Cambridge Centre for Public Law Lunchtime Seminar Series, Feb 2024)
Conference:
Cambridge Centre for Public Law Lunchtime Seminar Series
Published: Feb 2024
"'Process, Substance and the History of Error of Law Review'" (Public Law Conference 2014, University of Cambridge, Sep 2014)
Conference:
Public Law Conference 2014, University of Cambridge
Published: Sep 2014
"Judicial Review for Jurisdictional Error of Law: the Decision in R v Bolton" (Cambridge Centre for Public Law Seminar Series, Dec 2013)
Conference:
Cambridge Centre for Public Law Seminar Series
Published: Dec 2013
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