sc cases

Question 1

name of article 50 and gina miller case?

Answer 1

R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2017)

Question 2

problem being addressed in miller v brexit case and outcome

Answer 2

May triggered article 50 without parliamentary vote - mandates parliamentary vote to prevent elective dictatorship

Question 3

name of prorogation of parliament sc case?

Answer 3

R (Miller) v The Prime Minister

Question 4

pre sc case - prorogation case?

Answer 4

High courts ruled it a political issue not a legal one - said BoJo could do whatever he wanted

Question 5

sc case on miller v PM in proroguing parliament 2019

Answer 5

SC found it unlawful to prorogue parliament for such a long time (5 weeks) and 17 days before Brexit - BoJo listened even though he could have surpassed this ruling

Question 6

2022 scottish ref case sc

Answer 6

Sturgeon and Scotland pushing second scottish independence referendum in 2022 but blocked by SC - political? protecting parliament sovereignty?
under legal grounds of ‘only westminster can hold a referendum’

Question 7

rwanda sc case

Answer 7

britain - sunak and braverman - wanting to send illegal immigrants to rwanda
deemed unlawful under ECHR inshrined in constitution in 1998 by Blair
act of only legal ruling - this is about human rights
BUT - legal sovereignty of parliament to create new British Bill of Rights and get rid ECHR - legislationg around a decision

Question 8

reasoning behind rwanda proposal?

Answer 8

‘by reducing the right of the individual - immigrants - they will increase the right of the collective - British people’ said by westminster