Judicial Review – Interesting Cases
January 30, 2007
Sinn Fein has lost a High Court battle over a decision to deny it funding due to allegations of IRA active. The judges had ruled there was “no real possibility” of bias and also declared that all other accusations of unfairness and illegality were “without substance”.
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6278565.stm
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of claimants) Bill threatened to remove right of asylum seekers to appeal from high court if their claims were rejected. The Government were forced to back down over the bill.See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3511536.stm
