The power of the UK to legislate for the Crown Dependencies without consent—fact or fiction?

In this article, the author outlines the traditional view, as espoused by the Kilbrandon Commission, that the United Kingdom has a paramount power to legislate for the Dependencies even without their consent and then considers some of the arguments in support of the alternative view that there is no such power. Having reviewed the position from a Channel Islands perspective, consideration is then given to whether there are any differences in the position of the Isle of Man.