Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
Miller v Secutary of state for leaving the EU
Case found that the government couldn’t just leave the EU on the referendum result but had to pass an act that over turned the act that entered the UK into the EU
CONTROLLED USE OF ROYAL PEROGATIVE
INDEPENDENCE OF COURT TO CHALLENGE GOV
Al rawi v security service
Former detainees of Guantanamo bay claimed the British secret service shared responsibility for their treatment
British gov said that evidence against the SS shouldn’t be shown in court case due to national security
Court ruled that the free and fair nature of cases meant that the governments statement was redundant and voted in favour of the detainees
R v Jogee
Interpreted the “join enterprise” law to mean that if a group is involved in a murder they cannot all be charged only if they have clear “intent to kill’
R v Chaytor
3 mps claimed that their admittance to wrongly using government funds in the expense scandal argued that they cannot be charged due to the principle of parliamentary privilege
Belmarsh case
2004 found that the imprisonment of foreign terror suspects without trial until the anti terrosism act 2001 went against the HRA
Chris grayling case
Found him as Justin security of acting ultra views when he enacted secondary legislation of the legal aid act that would restrict civil legal aid to UK nationals who had lived abroad for 12 months
2019 porogatoon case
Found that Boris Johnson was acting unconditionally to proofs parlaiment to stop people talking about brexit
