Kenneth Armstrong
@profkaarmstrong.bsky.social
Emeritus Professorial Fellow in Law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Co-editor of the Law in Context series published by Cambridge University Press. Academic Asspciate at 39 Essex Chambers.
Can be found on Substack.
Can be found on Substack.
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A new edition of Collins, Ewing and McColgan’s Labour Law is out now in @cambup-law.cambridge.org iconic Law in Contrxt series.
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Labour Law | Cambridge Aspire website
Discover Labour Law, 3rd Edition, Hugh Collins, HB ISBN: 9781009612128 on Cambridge Aspire website
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November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A new edition of Collins, Ewing and McColgan’s Labour Law is out now in @cambup-law.cambridge.org iconic Law in Contrxt series.
bit.ly/3M0TmKz
bit.ly/3M0TmKz
Newly published in @cambup-law.cambridge.org iconic Law in Context series.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
The Reasonable Person
Cambridge Core - Legal History - The Reasonable Person
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November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Newly published in @cambup-law.cambridge.org iconic Law in Context series.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
It surely has to be unusual for a news organisation under the threat of legal action to continue to broadcast at every opportunity the very clip that could be the basis of a complaint. And yet the BBC repeatedly broadcasts the Panorama clip that it has apologised about.
Odd.
Odd.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It surely has to be unusual for a news organisation under the threat of legal action to continue to broadcast at every opportunity the very clip that could be the basis of a complaint. And yet the BBC repeatedly broadcasts the Panorama clip that it has apologised about.
Odd.
Odd.
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We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human Rights, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Professor Jens Elo Peters Rytter, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Remember when an NUJ walkout could disrupt BBC services? It would be refreshing to see journalists standing up for media freedom.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Remember when an NUJ walkout could disrupt BBC services? It would be refreshing to see journalists standing up for media freedom.
One of the problems with the BBC News coverage of threats to sue the BBC for $1bn is the tendency to report as if the UK and US are one legal jurisdiction. They are not.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the problems with the BBC News coverage of threats to sue the BBC for $1bn is the tendency to report as if the UK and US are one legal jurisdiction. They are not.
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Call for papers for a workshop on Economic Aspects of the Constitution: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Call for papers for a workshop on Economic Aspects of the Constitution: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...
It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive?
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
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As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive?
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
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Offers the most comprehensive survey of the history of international law in the interwar period to date.
The Cambridge History of International Law: International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945) eds. Robert Kolb & Momchil Milanov
https://cup.org/44MRdrA
💙📚 #LawSky #History
The Cambridge History of International Law: International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945) eds. Robert Kolb & Momchil Milanov
https://cup.org/44MRdrA
💙📚 #LawSky #History
July 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Offers the most comprehensive survey of the history of international law in the interwar period to date.
The Cambridge History of International Law: International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945) eds. Robert Kolb & Momchil Milanov
https://cup.org/44MRdrA
💙📚 #LawSky #History
The Cambridge History of International Law: International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945) eds. Robert Kolb & Momchil Milanov
https://cup.org/44MRdrA
💙📚 #LawSky #History
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I’ve co-authored a piece with friend and former colleague, @eliotwilson.bsky.social (on his excellent Ideas Lab Substack) examining why the House of Commons is so bad at scrutinising treaties and noting the growing cross-party coalition for reform.
theideaslab.substack.com/p/improving-...
theideaslab.substack.com/p/improving-...
Improving parliamentary scrutiny of international agreements
The current scrutiny powers of Parliament over treaties and international agreements are weak and ineffective: legislating for parliamentary consent would be a step forward
theideaslab.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’ve co-authored a piece with friend and former colleague, @eliotwilson.bsky.social (on his excellent Ideas Lab Substack) examining why the House of Commons is so bad at scrutinising treaties and noting the growing cross-party coalition for reform.
theideaslab.substack.com/p/improving-...
theideaslab.substack.com/p/improving-...
I’m baffled by a logic that recognises Parliament cannot be injucted but expects an injunction contra mundum to be observed the compatibility of which with constitutional principle rests on no one knowing the injunction exists so enforcement does not arise.
July 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I’m baffled by a logic that recognises Parliament cannot be injucted but expects an injunction contra mundum to be observed the compatibility of which with constitutional principle rests on no one knowing the injunction exists so enforcement does not arise.
I wonder @lewisgoodall.com what the mechanism was to injunct the Speaker and whether his office could make legal representation to raise compatibility with Bill of Rights?
Spoke to @pressgazette about why the Afghan superinjunction case is a huge moment for press freedom, open justice and parliamentary democracy in the UK- and why it must never be allowed to happen in the same way again.
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
Afghan data breach super injunction 'deeply disturbing' for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall
Podcast co-host Lewis Goodall has shared fears for the future of media over a court-imposed super injunction.
pressgazette.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I wonder @lewisgoodall.com what the mechanism was to injunct the Speaker and whether his office could make legal representation to raise compatibility with Bill of Rights?
A remarkable and revealing account of the fragility of our legal and constitutional system of government in the face of a concerted effort to prevent journalists from doing their job.
For 2 years, 2 govts used a secret court to hide the truth: they put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. They used constitutionally unprecedented methods to prevent reporting.
My reflections on two years on this story and why it must ever happen again.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
My reflections on two years on this story and why it must ever happen again.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
My two years in secret court: How UK governments hid a national scandal
The government put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. Then used the force of law in a constitutionally unprecedented way to prevent anyone finding out.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A remarkable and revealing account of the fragility of our legal and constitutional system of government in the face of a concerted effort to prevent journalists from doing their job.
We may be a year on from UK General Election but it’s less than a year to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd elections. Would welcome some analysis of how Labour’s year in power might affect outcomes of those elections.
July 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We may be a year on from UK General Election but it’s less than a year to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd elections. Would welcome some analysis of how Labour’s year in power might affect outcomes of those elections.
An SPS agreement with the EU may be less understandable than fisheries but it’s hugely important. And it’s also unclear what sort of arrangement if any would ever satisfy some in the fishing industry.
May 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An SPS agreement with the EU may be less understandable than fisheries but it’s hugely important. And it’s also unclear what sort of arrangement if any would ever satisfy some in the fishing industry.
When evaluating the EU-UK reset it’s important to recognise that the size and depth of any agreement is limited by what is possible while remaining a non-Member State.
May 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When evaluating the EU-UK reset it’s important to recognise that the size and depth of any agreement is limited by what is possible while remaining a non-Member State.
Sweden has remixed theme tune for Inspector Gadget as their #eurovision entry.
May 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sweden has remixed theme tune for Inspector Gadget as their #eurovision entry.
UKIP never won a parliamentary seat. But it never faced a collapse in Conservative vote. Reform is picking up seats and votes now because of that collapse.
May 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
UKIP never won a parliamentary seat. But it never faced a collapse in Conservative vote. Reform is picking up seats and votes now because of that collapse.
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🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
April 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
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The European Commission issued the first fines under its Digital Markets Act today.
With this decision, the EU is able to show its digital rules can bite back, our competition correspondent Francesca Micheletti explains 👇
Our full rundown on the fines here: ow.ly/cMPO50VG7AC
With this decision, the EU is able to show its digital rules can bite back, our competition correspondent Francesca Micheletti explains 👇
Our full rundown on the fines here: ow.ly/cMPO50VG7AC
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The European Commission issued the first fines under its Digital Markets Act today.
With this decision, the EU is able to show its digital rules can bite back, our competition correspondent Francesca Micheletti explains 👇
Our full rundown on the fines here: ow.ly/cMPO50VG7AC
With this decision, the EU is able to show its digital rules can bite back, our competition correspondent Francesca Micheletti explains 👇
Our full rundown on the fines here: ow.ly/cMPO50VG7AC
Interesting story about the policy context of the drafting of the Equality Act. The UKSC ruling will continue to generate plenty of news stories.
Ruling on ‘woman’ definition at odds with UK Equality Act’s aim, says ex-civil servant who played key role in drafting the 2010 law www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Ruling on ‘woman’ definition at odds with UK Equality Act’s aim, says ex-civil servant
Giving trans women same sex discrimination rights as biological women was ‘clear premise’, says key figure
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Interesting story about the policy context of the drafting of the Equality Act. The UKSC ruling will continue to generate plenty of news stories.
UKSC judgment interpreting Equality Act also answers question of whether “sex” discrimination claims can be brought by trans men and trans women after its conclusion that M/F=biological sex. 1/
April 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
UKSC judgment interpreting Equality Act also answers question of whether “sex” discrimination claims can be brought by trans men and trans women after its conclusion that M/F=biological sex. 1/
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Explained: how did the 'what is a woman?' case get to the supreme court and what could the ruling mean for trans people and women? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How UK court definition of ‘woman’ could affect sex-based rights
What the supreme court has been asked to rule on – and the implications for women and trans people in Scotland, England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Explained: how did the 'what is a woman?' case get to the supreme court and what could the ruling mean for trans people and women? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A note to anyone who plans to study today’s U.K. Supreme Court ruling on gender recognition and Equality Act. Start at para 156 and save yourself half a day of eye strain.
April 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A note to anyone who plans to study today’s U.K. Supreme Court ruling on gender recognition and Equality Act. Start at para 156 and save yourself half a day of eye strain.
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Today, we’ll unpack the Commission’s new plan to help Europe compete in the global AI innovation race, which is being unveiled today.
Plus, more on the trade front as Trump’s raft of tariffs — including 20 percent on EU — are now up and running.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Plus, more on the trade front as Trump’s raft of tariffs — including 20 percent on EU — are now up and running.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Tech dreams and trade nightmares
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April 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today, we’ll unpack the Commission’s new plan to help Europe compete in the global AI innovation race, which is being unveiled today.
Plus, more on the trade front as Trump’s raft of tariffs — including 20 percent on EU — are now up and running.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Plus, more on the trade front as Trump’s raft of tariffs — including 20 percent on EU — are now up and running.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇