Public LawParliamentary Sovereignty | Cases

Manner and Form of legislation

Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister for Health [1934] 1 KB 590

R (Jackson) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56; [2006] 1 AC 262

Substance of legislation

Reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland – United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill [2021] UKSC 42

Enrolled Act Rule

Pickin v British Railways Board [1974] AC 765

Effect of EU Law

R v Transport Secretary, Ex p Factortame Ltd (No 1) [1990] 2 AC 85

R v Transport Secretary, Ex p Factortame Ltd (No 2) [1991] 1 AC 603 at 658 Important

R v Employment Secretary, Ex p Equal Opportunities Commission [1995] 1 AC 1

R (on the application of Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 Important

R (on the application of Miller) v Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41

ECJ’s Stance

Case 26/62 Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen [1963] ECR 1

C-213/89 R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd [1990] ECR I-2433

Constitutional Statutes

Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195 (Admin); [2003] QB 151 Important

R (Buckinghamshire County Council) v Transport Secretary (HighSpeed 2) [2014] UKSC 3; [2014] 1 WLR 324

Rule of Law Review?

R (Jackson) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56; [2006] 1 AC 262 Important

AXA General Insurance Ltd v HM Advocate [2011] UKSC 46; [2012] 1 AC 868