Public Law Second Term Flashcards
Ex p Daly
Correspondence with lawyer
Article 13 ECHR
Right to an effective remedy
What violation was found in Goodwin v UK?
Art.10
R (Chester) v SoS for Justice
Sumption: ‘truly fundamental principle of law or the most egregious oversight’
Hutchinson v UK
Refused to follow Vinter, finding MacLoughlin correct
Inability to make statute compatible has what effect?
None
Osborne v Parole Board
Oral hearings for early release
Begum
Muslim girl - no process review at HRA
What case shows a clear disregard for intention of P under s.3 HRA?
Ghaidan v Mendoza
Derbyshire CC v The Times on Art.10
CL matches Art.10 so look no further
Why was there concern over Venables v News Groups?
Overdevelopment of breach of confidence into a virtual tort of invasion of privacy
Why is Ridge considered a landmark case for JR?
Extended doctrine of natural justice into administrative decision-making
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No.2)
P has not resolved all WU difficulties
Al-Khawaja v UK
Cross-examination, hearsay
Ghaidan v Mendoza
Tenancy, ‘as if they were’
Duncan v Jones
Obstructing constable
Why was Art.13 excluded from HRA?
To avoid arguments over s.3 and s.4 not being sufficient
What is s.4 HRA?
Declaration of incompatibility
R (Greenpeace) v SoS for Trade and Industry
‘no longer a privilege’ at least in the environmental sector (Sullivan J)
Which case used Leech to enforce a fundamental right of access to courts?
Ex p Witham –> Court fees
R (McDonald) v Kensington & Chelsea
Ballerina
What Article was not incorporated from ECHR?
Article 13
Ullah v Special Immigration Adjudicator criticism
Eurocentric and damaging to integrity of HRA
Who criticises Wednesbury for setting the ‘default hurdle… so high that no case can come close’?
Craig
What case said there is no need to look to Art.6 as CL notions of fairness match?
Osborne v Parole board
What argument in particular does s.3 and R v A question
Continuing PS by Wade
What category of expression does Steel & Morris v UK fall under?
(2) Civil or political interest
What case suggested Art.10 mirrors CL?
DCC v Times
Which case showed that GC had failed to understand domestic law in UK?
Hutchinson v UK
Huang v SoS for the HD
Overarching fourth element on proportionality
What are the two traditions of rights?
International human rights and natural/civil rights
What word was read into the statute in WDM?
‘Sound’
Who thinks all substantive review ‘entails some view of the merits’?
Craig
What are the two impacts of s.4 HRA?
Political pressure on G and s.10 Henry VIII Power to ministers to fast-track remedial order for amendment/repeal of legislation
Why was the injunction in Observer and Guardian v UK not found to be necessary?
Info no longer confidential
What previous ECtHR decision provided an issue in ADI?
Vgt Verein v Switzerland
What two factors led to the outcome in Nottinghamshire CC v SoS for the E?
Judicial deference on democratic grounds and an acceptance of institutional competence (Barber: efficiency idea)
Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission
QUANGO, nationalised
R (Corner House Research) v Director of the SFO
Saudi Arabia
Who said (2 people) RoL requires legal protection of fundamental rights?
Bingham/Joel
Who believes HRA preserved PS and in what case?
Steyn in Ex p Kebeline
What did Lord Keith say in Derbyshire CC v Times?
No need to resort to Art.10 as CL constitutional right of freedom of expression
Why was there no violation of Art.6 in Al-Khawaja v UK?
Minor part of case and margin of appreciation
What are the four suggestions by the Conservatives on HRA and ECHR?
(1) Repeal HRA and remove binding nature of ECHR and ECtHR, (2) legislate BoR, (3) New BoR only to serious cases and (4) withdraw completely if not accepted by Council of Europe
Helow v SS for the HD
Lady Cosgrove, IAJLJ
R (Doherty) v Birmingham CC
Bingham: room to consider if P ‘has a role in conventional JR’, so close hard to see ‘daylight’
What constitution suggests natural/civil rights are protected because they are fundamental to human dignity?
German constitution: basic law is unrepealable
WM (DRC) v SoS for the HD
Insufficient consideration to fresh evidence
What did Denning say of Art.11?
‘history is full of warnings against suppression of these rights’
Debyshire CC v Times
corruption in DCC
R v A (No.2)
Cross-examination of V’s prior relationship with D
What Article covers freedom of assembly?
Article 11
Who strongly challenged the UV principle as the source is from common law?
Craig and Bamforth, “Constitutional Analysis”
Osborne v Parole Board
Oral hearing; right to fair trial
What is a major problem with s.3 HRA, despite Kebeline?
PS
What are three arguments for keeping Wednesbury?
P would have to decide to allow proportionality because more assertive, WU is relatively simple and been used for 50 years, and judicial restraint needed for separation of powers
Why is it possible there was a high watermark of restraint in Wednesbury?
War-like state of mind and controversial nationally
What are the four subheadings of procedural fairness?
Fair haring, no bis, reason-giving and a duty to consult
Observer and Guardian v UK
Injunction against Spycatcher
SoS for the HD v AF
Followed A v UK on control orders even though some judges thought it wrong (Hoffman)
What case acknowledged a CL right to peaceful public assembly?
DPP v Jones; Beatty v Gillbanks with qualification in Duncan v Jones
What articles were engaged in Ghaidan v Mendoza?
Art.14 and 6
Why is the judgment in Osborne important?
If G repeals HRA or withdraws from ECHR
What is the justification for proportionality in EU and ECHR law?
From ECA and HRA
Boddington v British Transport Police
Not ‘watertight compartments’
What statute recognises freedom of expression?
Contempt of Court Act 1981, s.2, 5 and 10
Who did not agree that P and WU are ‘equally suitable’, against Craig?
T Hickman, “Problems with Proportionality”
Who gave two different senses of unreasonableness in Wednesbury?
Lord Greene
What are the three generations of international rights?
(1) civil and political, (2) social, economic and cultural and (3) group rights
what is the view of human rights which sidesteps the undemocratic view that judges overrule MPs?
Instrumentalist view
Why was the decision in British Oxygen not unreasonable?
Not fettered discretion, just administrative rules
What case did Mustily develop on in Doody?
Baldwin
What is a different justification for natural/civil rights that isn’t from an instrumentalist view?
Fundamental to human dignity
What did they read as supporting CL notions of fairness in Smith and West?
Art.6(1)
Beatty v Gillbanks
Skeleton Army
What do restrictions on Art.10 need to be?
Prescribed by law and necessary to achieve democratic ends
What two judges in Daly considered if Wednesbury will continue at all?
Steyn and Cooke
What did the court decide in S (Children) and Re W (Care Orders)?
S.3 is not a legislative drafting power so s.4 only
Who said protection of natural/civil rights is necessary for democracy?
Dworkin/laws
What case involved ‘super-injunctions’?
Venables v News Groups
What case gave five main criteria for considering mandatory relevant issues?
R (Brown) v Work and Pensions Secretary
What case showed incitement to violence/religious hatred is not covered under Art.10 and merits no protection?
Garaudy v France
Ex p Brind
Broadcasting of IRA
what are jus cogens rules?
binding without a treaty
Name at least two departments which conducted pre-legislative scrutiny of the Communications Act 2003?
JSC on Human Rights (1st Report Session 2002-03); Dept of C, M and S Memo; Counsel’s Advice to SoS on Compatibility with Art.10
Why did courts refuse to use s.3 in ex p Anderson?
Despite ECtHR saying HS could not set sentence, couldn’t interpret legislation to give themselves this powr
In what case did Hoffman inject substantive conception of RoL?
Ex p Simms
What Articles of the French Declaration of Human Rights show historical context of document?
Art 17 (property) and Art.13 (equally apportioned tax)
Ridge v Baldwin
Dismissal in breach of natural justice
What did G do in response to Malone v UK?
Interception of Communications Act 1985
Ex p Simms
Interview; denial violated right of access to justice