R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Bancoult (No 1)
| R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Bancoult (No 1) | |
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| Court | High Court of Justice |
| Citation(s) | [2000] EWHC Admin 413 |
R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Bancoult (No 1) [2000] EWHC Admin 413 was a 2000 legal case in which
Divisional Court ruled that the ordinance that allowed the removal was "ultra vires" as the power to legislate for "peace, order and good governance" of the territory did not include a power to expel the inhabitants.[1]
The ordinance was replaced by an
R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Bancoult (No 2) this was upheld as legal by the House of Lords
in a 3-2 judgment.
References
- ^ Westra, L. (2011), Human Rights: The Commons of the Collective, Vancouver: UBC Press, p. 186
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