Tag: Public Interest Immunity
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Dane Luo: The Anomalous Islands of Public Interest Functions Immune from Judicial Review
The Attorney-General is an ancient office that is endowed with a very wide range of discretionary powers and functions. Some of those are classed as ‘public interest functions’. These derive from statutes and the prerogative, and include granting consent for certain prosecutions, applying for orders preventing vexatious litigants from bringing proceedings, entering a nolle prosequi,…
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Tom Hickman: Where is the “Justice” in the Justice and Security Bill?
The hugely significant Justice and Security Bill was published by the Government last week and received its first reading in the House of Lords (it is a so-called Lords starter). It follows the Government’s controversial Green Paper on Justice and Security published in October last year, which was prompted by the Guantanamo Bay litigation (Al-Rawi…