Public LawProportionality Review | Cases

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Comparison to Wednesbury

Smith and Grady v United Kingdom (1999) 29 EHRR 493 (ECtHR)

R (Alconbury Ltd) v Environment Secretary [2001] UKHL 23; [2003] 2 AC 295

R (Daly) v Home Secretary [2001] UKHL 26; [2001] 2 AC 532

Pham v Home Secretary [2015] UKSC 19

A Procedural Test?

R (SB) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15; [2007] 1 AC 100

Belfast City Council v Miss Behavin’ Ltd [2007] UKHL 19; [2007] 1 WLR 1420

The Limbs of the Test

Huang v Home Secretary [2007] UKHL 11; [2007] 2 AC 167

R (Quila) v Home Secretary [2011] UKSC 45; [2012] 1 AC 621

Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury [2013] UKSC 39

Discretionary Area of Judgment or ‘Deference’

R v DPP, Ex p Kebeline [2000] 2 AC 326

International Transport Roth GmbH v Home Secretary [2002] EWCA Civ 158; [2003] QB 728 (CA)

R (ProLife) v BBC [2003] UKHL 23; [2004] 1 AC 185 at 223

A v Home Secretary [2004] UKHL 56; [2005] 2 AC 68

Huang v Home Secretary [2007] UKHL 11; [2007] 2 AC 167

R (Quila) v Home Secretary [2011] UKSC 45; [2012] 1 AC 621

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

R (Lord Carlile) v Home Secretary [2014] UKSC 60

Proportionality in Common Law?

Pham v Home Secretary [2015] UKSC 19

Keyu v Foreign Secretary[2015] UKSC 69

Youssef v Foreign Secretary [2016] UKSC 3

R (JS) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] UKSC 16

Michalak v General Medical Council [2017] UKSC 71