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Sam Guy
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Public law lecturer at the University of Sheffield | ✝️

Admin law, strategic litigation, planning

https://sheffield.ac.uk/law/people/law-academic-staff/sam-guy
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Sam Guy @samjguy.bsky.social · May 19
1/3 What can we learn from HS2 about the role of judicial review in delivering infrastructure projects? I have a new *open access* article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies looking at the many JRs of HS2: doi.org/10.1093/ojls.... In it, I suggest the dominant political critique of JR may be
The first page of the article ‘Putting the Brakes on Infrastructure? Judicial Review Challenges to HS2 and the Critique of ‘Litigant Power’, published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
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bymyong.bsky.social
1/9 the video of my UCL current legal problems lecture is now up: "Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution". It looks at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirjjkc.bsky.social  chairs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx3P...
Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution
YouTube video by UCL Laws
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October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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paulfscott.bsky.social
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
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publiclaw.bsky.social
The October 25 issue of @publiclaw.bsky.social will land on Westlaw shortly. Analysis from Farrah Raza on NHS regulation and patient choice and @a-b-evans.bsky.social on recall proposals for the Senedd. Articles are from @echrhawk.bsky.social on the vulnerability of the UK's HR protections; ...
October 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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guyjbaldwin.bsky.social
Thrilled to share this call for papers for a conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom at @uomlaw.bsky.social with the support of @ukcla.bsky.social ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/03/e...
Events: Call for Papers – The Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom
Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May 2026, University of Manchester, United Kingdom The public law team at the University of Manchester Law Department, in collaboration with the UK Constitutional Law A…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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paolosandro.bsky.social
Great post
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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ukcla.bsky.social
Jonathan Collinson: From Learning to Lawyering: When Can Political Accountability Have Legal Consequences?
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/09/11/j...
Jonathan Collinson: From Learning to Lawyering: When Can Political Accountability Have Legal Consequences?
The responsibility for holding the government to account for its failings is the core constitutional role of a range of ‘watchdog’ bodies outside of Parliament, such as inspectorates, commissioners…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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johynes.bsky.social
Speeding up, slowing down, and managing time through managing atmospheres - new 🔓paper in @journallawsociety.bsky.social on immigration bail tribunal hearings.

Indebted in particular to Nick Gill's, Jess Hambly's and Melanie Griffiths' work on law and time.

eprints.gla.ac.uk/361308/1/361...
August 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
samjguy.bsky.social
Potentially more substantial infrastructure JR reform proposals on the way, including raising the permission threshold and ensuring 'each decision faces only one review'. Last year's Banner Review noted there may be a case to raise permission but it risked making permission hearings more cumbersome
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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rebeccamckee.bsky.social
New report from my colleagues @jackpannell.bsky.social & @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social on hybrid bills and parliament's role in delivering the government's major infrastructure projects

Excellent insight into these bills and the reform that's needed

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Hybrid bills: Parliament’s role in delivering major infrastructure | Institute for Government
How to improve the hybrid bill legislative process.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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drhannahwhite.bsky.social
How can government legislate better to deliver major infrastructure projects? Fantastic new paper from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on how to improve the little-known hybrid bill procedure! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Hybrid bills: Parliament’s role in delivering major infrastructure | Institute for Government
How to improve the hybrid bill legislative process.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
samjguy.bsky.social
Looking forward to chairing a session on crowdfunding and litigation funding for JR at this, later in the year, with an excellent panel of speakers
July 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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garethdennis.uk
The UK still needs HS2, delivered in full. There's no viable alternative.

Me, from years back, making this point:
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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bymyong.bsky.social
Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social
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Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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publiclaw.bsky.social
Attention potential Public Law authors! A new website in development, with many FAQs, links to recent issues, author guidance, style guide, etc: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/en-gb/produc...
Public Law journal | Sweet & Maxwell
Since 1956, the Public Law journal has been the leading forum for information and debate in the constantly evolving area of law and government.
www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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ukcla.bsky.social
Antonia Layard: Darwall and the Public Life of Private Property ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/06/04/a...
Antonia Layard: Darwall and the Public Life of Private Property
When wealthy landowners, Alexander and Diana Darwall, sued a national park authority to stop people pitching their tents on the Dartmoor Commons, few expected the dispute to take a constitutional t…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
samjguy.bsky.social
1/3 What can we learn from HS2 about the role of judicial review in delivering infrastructure projects? I have a new *open access* article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies looking at the many JRs of HS2: doi.org/10.1093/ojls.... In it, I suggest the dominant political critique of JR may be
The first page of the article ‘Putting the Brakes on Infrastructure? Judicial Review Challenges to HS2 and the Critique of ‘Litigant Power’, published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
May 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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itswelshliam.bsky.social
Interested in Admin Law or Devolution?

My completed doctoral thesis, "Judicial Review in the Devolved Nations" is now openly available to download and read through the link below.

pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/studentTh...
Judicial review in the Devolved Nations: a comparative analysis of the judicial review landscape in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
pure.ulster.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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awelsh.bsky.social
Are the EU free movement rules wildly out of step with the new realities of work? My new book, the MARKET CITIZENSHIP ILLUSION answers this by looking at the law in action – and it is available now to *everyone for free*! www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
🧵on key arguments... (1/10)
The author holding a copy of the book
May 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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rogermasterman.bsky.social
The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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cobrien.bsky.social
How many UK Supreme Court judges do you think ever acted as lawyers for a claimant in a social security case? ZERO. *Extremely nervous* to announce this rather bolshy ('somewhat contentious' and 'robust in tone') piece in the JSSL. I argue there is a 'professional diversity deficit' in UKSC, AND...
Screenshot of title and abstract of journal article. Title is 'The professional diversity deficit: the UK Supreme Court’s social security law blind spot'. Abstract is: 'It is no secret that the UK Supreme Court lacks demographic diversity. But there is very little commentary on a different diversity gap—that of professional experience. UK Supreme Court judges are typically drawn from lucrative areas of legal practice, creating a pronounced professional practice gap in the realm of social security law. None of the sitting Supreme Court judges have ever acted in a reported security case for social security claimants against the State. This creates a problem of perspective; would we really expect a panel of Goliath advocates to give David a fair hearing? This article highlights the hitherto under-explored evidence of a professional deficit on the Court, and argues that this cannot help but have an influence upon judicial perspectives. One such possible influence is the “alegalisation” of social security law—the treatment of it as not-law but as a matter of pure politics. Here, the article analyses how the line is drawn in key cases, in which it seems the Court feels responsible for defending some “pure law” human rights, while defending the courtroom from other human rights claims—those relating to social security. But poverty is a human rights issue, and human rights are (still) a matter of law. We need to bring social security expertise and claimant perspectives to the bench if we are to reassert the legal nature of social security rights.'
March 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF882/l...
Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law at The University of Manchester
Discover Lectureship in Law, with a special emphasis on UK Human Rights Law jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
samjguy.bsky.social
With the Planning and Infrastructure Bill being introduced to Parliament later today, here were my initial thoughts from a few weeks ago on some of the reforms to judicial review which it will contain:
March 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social
CALL FOR PAPERS: 25 Years of the Human Rights Act (University of Leeds, 18 September 2025). Deadline for abstracts 1 April.
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM