A judge may choose not to inspect the documents behind a Public Interest immunity certificate if that certificate had been given for reasons of National Security. The court must always be vigilant to ensure that public interest immunity of whatever kind is raised only in appropriate circumstances and with appropriate particularity.
Judges:
Russell LJ
Citations:
Independent 10-Dec-1993, Times 10-Dec-1993, [1994] 1 WLR 681, [1994] 2 All ER 588, [1994] ICR 277
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Somerville v Scottish Ministers HL 24-Oct-2007
The claimants complained of their segregation while in prison. Several preliminary questions were to be decided: whether damages might be payable for breach of a Convention Right; wheher the act of a prison governor was the act of the executive; . .
Cited – Al Rawi and Others v The Security Service and Others SC 13-Jul-2011
The claimant pursued a civil claim for damages, alleging complicity of the respondent in his torture whilst in the custody of foreign powers. The respondent sought that certain materials be available to the court alone and not to the claimant or the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment, Litigation Practice
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.78110