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The House of Lords allowed the appeal. Lord Steyn gave the leading judgment. Lord Hoffmann agreed with Lord Steyn and said the following. [note 1]Parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament can, if it chooses, legislate contrary to fundamental principles of human rights.
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union [1995] UKHL 3 is a House of Lords case concerning the awarding of compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The case is considered significant in constitutional terms for its ruling on the extent of ministerial prerogative powers.
Lord Hoffmann in a case, R (Simms) v Home Secretary, which bridged the introduction of the Human Rights Act, said: [10] Parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament can, if it chooses, legislate contrary to fundamental principles of human rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 will not detract from this power.
The case was first heard by a Divisional Court, composed of Watkins LJ and Mann J. Mann, with Watkins concurring, rejected the Northumbria Police Authority's argument, saying that under the Royal Prerogative HM Government retained the right to do whatever "was necessary to meet either an actual or an apprehended threat to the peace", something that had not previously been recognised as a ...
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Doody; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms; Re Spectrum Plus Ltd; Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd; Ridge v Baldwin
R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex parte Bancoult (No 2) R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Doody; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms; R. v. North and East Devon Health Authority, ex parte Coughlan; Ridge v Baldwin
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Venables and Thompson [1997] UKHL 25 is a UK constitutional law case, concerning the exercise of independent judgement in judicial review. Facts