Constitutionalcase summaries
Every constitutional case in the CareerInLaw library — 23 summaries, each with the facts, the issue, what was held, and the principle you need in the exam.
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- A v The United Kingdom[2002] ECHR 811; (2003) 36 EHRR 51 · European Court of Human Rights
- Attorney General v Jonathan Cape Ltd[1976] QB 752 · High Court (Queen's Bench Division)
- Attorney-General v De Keyser’s Royal Hotel[1920] AC 508 · House of Lords
- AXA General Insurance Ltd v HM Advocate[2011] UKSC 46 · Supreme Court
- Case of Proclamations(1611) 12 Co Rep 74; 77 ER 1352 · Judges’ opinion reported by Sir Edward Coke
- Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service[1984] UKHL 9; [1985] AC 374 · House of Lords
- Hamilton v Al Fayed[2001] 1 AC 395 · House of Lords:
- Jackson v Attorney General[2005] UKHL 56 · House of Lords
- M v Home Office[1994] 1 AC 377 · House of Lords
- Pepper v Hart[1993] AC 593 · House of Lords
- Pickin v British Railways Board[1974] AC 765 · House of Lords
- Prebble v Television New Zealand Ltd[1995] 1 AC 321 · Privy Council
- Prohibitions del Roy(1607) 12 Co Rep 63; 77 ER 1342 · Judges’ opinion reported by Sir Edward Coke
- R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)[2008] UKHL 61 · House of Lords
- R (Lumba (WL (Congo))) v Secretary of State for the Home Department[2011] UKSC 12; [2012] 1 AC 245 · Supreme Court
- R (Miller) v Prime Minister; Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland[2019] UKSC 41 · Supreme Court
- R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union[2017] UKSC 5 · Supreme Court
- R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor[2017] UKSC 51 · Supreme Court
- R v Chaytor[2010] UKSC 52 · Supreme Court
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Northumbria Police Authority[1989] QB 26 · Court of Appeal
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms[2000] 2 AC 115 · House of Lords
- Re Parliamentary Privilege Act 1770 (The Strauss Case)[1958] AC 331 · Privy Council
- Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998[2022] UKSC 31 · Supreme Court