supreme court

Question 1

belmarsh case 2004 desicion

Answer 1

ruled that holding foreign terror suspects was incompatible with HRA article 14 ( protection against discrimination) as it only applied to foreign suspects

Question 2

belmarsh case 2004 significance

Answer 2

parliament repealed part of this and replaced it with control orders in 2005 but suspects only released when legilastion passed showing court is only a moral check

Question 3

Jabar Ahmed v treasury 2010 decision

Answer 3

freezing terrorist suspects assets was ultra vires

Question 4

jabar ahmed v treasury significance

Answer 4

Gordon brown pushed terrorist asset freezing act through parl in 4 days

Question 5

r v chayton 2010 decision

Answer 5

dismissed apeal of mp shoe fraudulently claimed claiming money as their calim parliamentary protection applied was rejected because just because something occured in parliament it doesnt make it a proceeding

Question 6

r v chayton significance

Answer 6

clarified how far parliamentary protection goes and doesnt give immunity for criminal conduct

Question 7

evans v attorney general decision 2015

Answer 7

AG didnt have the power to veto the disclosure (FOI) of King Charles letters to ministers

Question 8

evens case 2015 significance

Answer 8

clarified that members of royal family were not immune form FOI disclosures

Question 9

miller case 2017 decision

Answer 9

ruled that gov couldnt use royal prerogative power to negotiate treaties trigger article 50, as uk entered EEC with an act of statute an act was needed to leave

Question 10

unison v chancellor 2017 decision

Answer 10

ruled fees order 2013 for employment tribunals were ultra vires

Question 11

unison 2017 significqance

Answer 11

minister of justice Raab halted the fees and the department reimbursed £32 mil

Question 12

steinfield and keidan 2018 decsion

Answer 12

only allowing civil partnerships for hetero couples 2004 was discriminatory (declaration of incompatibilty)

Question 13

2019 miller case decision

Answer 13

johnson 3 week prorogation was unlawful as it stifled debate ultra vires

Question 14

2019 miller case significance

Answer 14

speaker johnson immediatly recalled parliament and showed courts willingness torule against prerogative powers

Question 15

what did the cra 2005 do with role of the lord chancellor

Answer 15

split the role into the justice sec, lord chief justice and the speaker of the lords

Question 16

what was the role of the lord chancellor

Answer 16

presiding officer of the lords, head of the court and a role in the cabinet

Question 17

what is the significance of the cra introducing the JAC

Answer 17

removes all political interefernce by slecting the lower court judges

Question 18

how can justice be removed

Answer 18

a vote in both houses

Question 19

how are judges selected for the high court

Answer 19

special independent commison, president of the court and another justice, one JAC representative.

Question 20

what influence does the minister for justice have on appointments

Answer 20

could ask the court to reconsider and appointment or outright reject it

Question 21

What is sub judice

Answer 21

a rule that parliament cant debate on issues that are currently in front of the court

Question 22

a case which shows SCOTUKs restraint

Answer 22

2014 it refused to hear as case on assisted suicide

Question 23

what headline did the daily mail right in response to the 2019 miller case

Answer 23

called the court “enemies of the people”

Question 24

how many female justices have their been

Answer 24

3

Question 25

which justice was state educated

Answer 25

lady hale

Question 26

how much have female judges appointed by jac increased by 2018

Answer 26

13-29%

Question 27

how much has the number of bame judges increased since thr introduction of JAC

Answer 27

2-6%

Question 28

currentl all justices have attended…….

Answer 28

oxbridge

Question 29

example of how the lack of diversity in the courts has impacted cases

Answer 29

all male justices voted infavour of prenups whereas al lady hale the only woman voted against them as they are discriminatory against women

Question 30

how many cases were brought to the sc in 2013

Answer 30

over 15,000

Question 31

how has a court case limited the government

Answer 31

hs2 was provisionslly delayed due to the court being in the process of hearing a case on its environmental impact

Question 32

how many cases are there usually in a year

Answer 32

2000 a year

Question 33

how often does the courts side with the government

Answer 33

in over half of the cases