Past interventions
• WL (Congo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
On 23 March 2011 the Supreme Court held by a 6-3 majority that a secret detention policy operated by the Home Office was unlawful, giving rise to liability for false imprisonment.
• Daniel and another v HM Revenue and Customs
On 15 December 2010 the Court of Appeal held that public authorities cannot rely on the criminality of claimants to excuse their own breaches of Convention rights.
• R (Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London
On 30 November 2010, the Divisional Court upheld Assistant Deputy Coroner Lady Justice Hallett's ruling that she had no power to adopt closed proceedings.
• Cadder v HM Advocate
On 26 October 2010, a unanimous seven judge UK Supreme Court confirmed that the law in Scotland breaches the right to a fair trial by not allowing advice and representation to detained persons in the police station.
• Ahmed v HM Treasury
The very first case to be heard by the new UK Supreme Court on 5 October 2009. In its judgment, on 27 January 2010, the court found that orders allowing the indefinite freezing of a person’s assets on the basis of executive suspicion alone were ultra vires.
• Binyam Mohamed v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Decided by the Court of Appeal on 10 February 2010, this case concerned the significance of the prohibition against torture under UK and international law when considering public interest immunity claims by UK government.
• A v B
Decided by the Supreme Court on 9 December 2009, this case concerned an appeal brought by a member of the Security Service against its director’s refusal of permission to publish his memoirs.
• A and others v United Kingdom
Decided by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on 19 February 2009, this case had major consequences for control orders and other proceedings involving secret evidence.
• Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF and others
On 10 June 2009, the House of Lords ruled that defendants in control order cases should be given sufficient detail of the allegations against them in order to give effective instructions to their special advocates.
• Al Skeini and others v Secretary of State for Defence
Concerned the extraterritorial applicability of the Human Rights Act to the actions of UK forces in Iraq. Decided by the House of Lords on 13 June 2007.