R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Webb
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Law ◽  
House Of Lords

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Case Note ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Religious Dress

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords. This case concerned whether a school unlawfully limited a pupil’s right to manifest her religious beliefs through religious dress. The case note explores how a balance is struck between competing qualified rights, and so also contains discussion of the concept of proportionality. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Public Law ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Religious Dress

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords. This case concerned whether a school unlawfully limited a pupil’s right to manifest her religious beliefs through religious dress. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Case Note ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Religious Dress

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords. This case concerned whether a school unlawfully limited a pupil’s right to manifest her religious beliefs through religious dress. The case note explores how a balance is struck between competing qualified rights, and so also contains discussion of the concept of proportionality. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

Porter v Magill [2001] UKHL 67, House of Lords

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Case Note ◽  
House Of Lords

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Porter v Magill [2001] UKHL 67, House of Lords. This case note considers the introduction of a revised test for bias in public law decision-making. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms [1999] UKHL 33, in the House of Lords

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Law ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
Parliamentary Sovereignty ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
Human Rights Act 1998 ◽  
Home Department ◽  
The Relationship

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms [1999] UKHL 33, House of Lords. The case considered whether the Secretary of State, and prison governors, could restrict prisoners’ access to journalists investigating alleged miscarriages of justice. In addition to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Article 10 issues this raises, Lord Hoffmann also in obiter dicta discussed the relationship between the Human Rights Act 1998, parliamentary sovereignty, and the concept of legality. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

Jackson v HM Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56, House of Lords

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Attorney General ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Parliamentary Sovereignty ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
The Relationship

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Jackson v HM Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56, House of Lords. This case concerned the interpretation of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 and the implications of this interpretation for the relationship between the Houses of Parliament. The case also contained important obiter from the House of Lords on the nature of parliamentary sovereignty. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

R v Secretary for the Home Department, ex parte Pierson [1998] AC 539, House of Lords

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Public Law ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Home Department

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Secretary for the Home Department, ex parte Pierson [1998] AC 539, House of Lords. This case explored whether a decision-maker acting in a quasi-judicial capacity was bound by the same decision-making standards including, for example, whether retrospective decision-making was permitted. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

R v Gough [1993] AC 646, House of Lords

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Public Law ◽  
House Of Lords

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Gough [1993] AC 646, House of Lords. This case detailed the old test for bias, since replaced by the test in Porter v Magill [2001] UKHL 67. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

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