Tag: contempt of court
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Marianne Holbrook: Should Decisions of the Attorney General be Judicially Reviewable?
In July 2025, the Divisional Court in R (Campbell) v Attorney General [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin), held that “there is a category of functions of the Attorney General which are immune from review on any ground”. In November, the Supreme Court granted Mr Campbell direct leave to appeal. In the meantime, the Law Commission of…
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Robert Craig: The Peter Hain Case: The Effect of Article IX
Peter Hain’s decision to breach an interim injunction granted by the Court of Appeal in the case of ABC v Telegraph Media Group has caused serious concern. It is one of the cardinal rules in Parliament that members should not interfere in ongoing legal proceedings and Hain did not wait until the end of the…