Application for permission to appeal in the latest round of litigation brought by former inhabitants of the Chagos Islands against the British Government arising out of their expulsion from the Islands nearly 50 years ago, an act which the Government now explicitly recognises to have been shameful and wrong. The claims challenge three related decisions made on 16 November 2016 – a decision not to provide financial support to allow Chagossians to resettle in the Islands but instead to provide a support package of approximately pounds 40 million for them in the Seychelles and Mauritius, together with the implicit decision not to rescind two Orders in Council made in 2004 which deny Chagossians a right of abode in the Islands.
Judges:
Underhill VP CA, and Leggatt LJJ
Citations:
[2019] EWCA Civ 1254
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Torts – Other
Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.639661