Tag: Prince Charles
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Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcements include: Roundtable discussion of the constitutional significance of Evans v Attorney General, York Law School, 11 June 2015 ‘Small States in a Legal World’, The inaugural conference of the Centre for Small States at Queen Mary University of London, 7 September 2015 ~~~ Roundtable discussion of the constitutional significance of Evans…
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Mike Gordon: Prince Charles’ Correspondence Back in Court – Reflections on R. (Evans) v. Attorney General
The Administrative Court is the latest body to become involved in the on-going saga related to disclosure of the Prince of Wales’ correspondence with government departments. In the recent case of R. (Evans) v. Attorney General [2013] EWHC 1960 (Admin), the Guardian journalist Rob Evans challenged the legality of the government’s decision to veto disclosure…
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Roger Masterman: The Prince, the Attorney-General, the Section 53 Certificate and the pretence of political neutrality
The Freedom of Information Act, which came into force on 1 January 2005, provides under s.53 for a power of ministerial veto. Section 53(2) provides that: ‘[a] decision notice or enforcement notice … shall cease to have effect if, not later than the twentieth working day following the effective date, the accountable person in relation…
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Hayley J. Hooper: Keep Calm and Carry On?
ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 the Upper Tribunal allowed an appeal, reversing decisions of the Information Commissioner relating to the release of “advocacy correspondence” between Prince Charles in his capacity as Heir to the Throne, and seven government departments. The information was originally requested by Guardian journalist Rob Evans and related to a time period between…