R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal
| R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal | |
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| Court | Supreme Court of the United Kingdom |
| Full case name | R (on the application of Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and others |
| Decided | 15 May 2019 |
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| Appealed from | [2017] EWCA Civ 1868 |
R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2019] UKSC 22, is a judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Judgment
Lord Sumption (with whom Lord Reed agreed) and Lord Wilson dissented.[1]
Commentary
Richard Ekins said the ruling "undermines the rule of law and violates the sovereignty of Parliament".[2]
References
Citations
- ^ Scott 2020, p. 108.
- ^ Dawson, Joanna (28 May 2019). "What does the Supreme Court's ruling on the Investigatory Powers Tribunal mean for parliamentary sovereignty?". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
Bibliography
- Scott, Paul F. (January 2020). "Once More unto the Breach: R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal". Edinburgh Law Review. 24 (1): 103–109. doi:10.3366/elr.2020.0605. eISSN 1755-1692. ISSN 1364-9809.
Further reading
- Webb, Thomas E. (2021). "R (on the application of Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2019] UKSC 22, Supreme Court". Essential Cases: Public Law (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/he/9780191926440.003.0056.
- Elliott, Mark; Young, Alison L. (2019). "Privacy International in the Supreme Court: Jurisdiction, the Rule of Law, and Parliamentary Sovereignty". Cambridge Law Journal. 78 (3). Cambridge University Press: 490–496. doi:10.1017/S0008197319000813. eISSN 1469-2139. ISSN 0008-1973.