Other Case List

Question 1

HR strengthening common law not using ECHR

Answer 1

Osborn//Kennedy

Question 2

Home Secretary must uphold rule of law

Answer 2

M v Home Secretary

Question 3

Royal Prerogative subject to judicial review

Answer 3

GCHQ

Question 4

Prison voting

Answer 4

Hirst

Question 5

Treaty of Rome irrevocable once signed, limits sovereignty. Cannot bind future Parliaments, can enact, amend or repeal any legislation

Answer 5

Blackburn v AG

Question 6

Act of Parliament cannot be challenged

Answer 6

Cheney v Conn//Ellen Streets Estate Ltd//Hall v Hall//Jordan

Question 7

EC law takes precedence over UK law

Answer 7

Pickstone v Freemans

Question 8

Incompatible with ECHR that Home Secretary decides tariff for convicted murderers

Answer 8

Anderson

Question 9

Courts can’t review Acts of Parliament, hunting, 1911 and 1949

Answer 9

Jackson

Question 10

Claimed to represent broader public interests, held to have sufficient interest

Answer 10

World Development Movement Ltd

Question 11

Ombudsmen, HS followed recommendations

Answer 11

Sachsenhausen

Question 12

Principle of legality

Answer 12

Pierson

Question 13

Disproportionate as infringement greater than could be shown to be justified

Answer 13

Daly

Question 14

Kettling, courts entitled to take purpose of deprivation of liberty into account

Answer 14

Austin

Question 15

Just because an individual is concerned with a decision, doesn’t mean they have sufficient interest

Answer 15

Rose Theatre Trust

Question 16

Proportionality should not replace Wednesbury unreasonableness, it remains contemporary

Answer 16

Rotherham MBC

Question 17

5/6 of Theresa May’s reasons not to hold an inquiry didn’t make sense

Answer 17

Alexander Litvinenko

Question 18

Powers used for wrong reason JR

Answer 18

Wheeler

Question 19

Brits interned, PO’s recommendations rejected, inquiry persuaded government

Answer 19

Debt of Honour/ABCIFER

Question 20

Decision must be made by the right person JR

Answer 20

Allingham

Question 21

Error of law or fact JR

Answer 21

Khawaja

Question 22

CoA held government can’t reject PO’s findings without cogent reasons

Answer 22

Occupational Pensions Affair

Question 23

Osborn and Kennedy

Answer 23

HR increasing common law

Question 24

M v Home Secretary

Answer 24

HS must uphold rule of law

Question 25

GCHQ

Answer 25

Royal Prerogative subject to judicial review

Question 26

Hirst

Answer 26

Prison voting

Question 27

Blackburn v AG

Answer 27

Treaty of Rome irrevocable, but Parliament can enact, repeal or amend nay legislation it pleases as it cannot bind subsequent Parliaments

Question 28

Cheney v Conn, Hall v Hall, Jordan

Answer 28

Acts of Parliament cannot be challenged

Question 29

Anderson

Answer 29

Incompatible with ECHR that HS decides tariff for convicted murderers

Question 30

Jackson

Answer 30

Hunting Act 2004

Question 31

World Development Movement Ltd

Answer 31

Claimed to represent broader public interests

Question 32

Occupational Pensions Affair

Answer 32

CoA held government can't reject PO's findings without cogent reasons

Question 33

Sachsenhausen

Answer 33

Ombudsman persuaded them

Question 34

Daly

Answer 34

Disproportionate, infringement too great

Question 35

Rotherham MBC

Answer 35

Proportionality should not replace Wednesbury unreasonabless, Wednesbury remains contemporary

Question 36

Litvinenko

Answer 36

5/6 May's reason didn't make sense

Question 37

Wheeler

Answer 37

Powers used for wrong reason JR

Question 38

Austin

Answer 38

Kettling

Question 39

Rose Theatre Trust

Answer 39

Being concerned doesn't mean you have standing

Question 40

Debt of Honour/ABCIFER

Answer 40

Brits interned, PO rejected, inquiry persuaded government

Question 41

Allingham

Answer 41

Decision must be made by the right person JR

Question 42

Khawaja

Answer 42

Error of law or fact JR