Tag: disapplication of statute

  • Alison Young: Benkharbouche and the Future of Disapplication

    Alison Young: Benkharbouche and the Future of Disapplication

    Last week, Lord Sumption delivered the majority decision of the Supreme Court on Benkharbouche v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Libya v Janah. The case would have been heard in December of last year, but for the small matter of Miller, which caused…