Public LawSeparation of Powers | Cases

Parliamentary Privilege

Re Parliamentary Privileges Act 1770 (The Strauss Case) [1958] AC 331; (1958) 21 MLR 456

Pickin v British Railways Board [1974] AC 765

Pepper v Hart [1993] AC 593

Prebble v Television New Zealand Ltd [1995] 1 AC 321

Hamilton v Al Fayed [2001] 1 AC 395

A v United Kingdom (2003) 36 EHRR 51 (ECtHR)

R v Chaytor [2011] UKSC 52; [2011] 1 AC 684

Limits of Executive Power

Prohibitions del Roy (1607) 77 ER 1342, 12 Co Rep 64

Entick v Carrington (The Case of Seizure of Papers) (1765) 19 St Tr 1029 Important

M v Home Office [1994] 1 AC 377 Important

Royal Prerogative

Susceptibility to Judicial Review

CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374 Important

R (Gentle) v Prime Minister [2006] EWCA Civ 1689; [2007] QB 689

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

R (Miller) v Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41

R v Foreign Secretary, ex parte Bancoult (No 2) [2008] UKHL 61

Relationship with Statute

Case of Proclamations (1611) 77 ER 1352, 12 Co Rep 74

Attorney-General v De Keyser’s Royal Hotel Ltd [1920] AC 508 Important

R v Home Secretary, ex p Northumbria Police Authority [1989] QB 26

R v Home Secretary, Ex parte Fire Brigades Union [1995] 2 AC 513