impact on government

• what is judicial review?

  • A type of legal case where a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public authority
• within judicial review, what does the Uk supreme court not have the power to do?

  • strike down statute law
• what is meant by ultra vires?

  • beyond the authority
  • Reilly v Secretary of state
  • R Miller v PM
• After Brexit what is the Court’s power now limited to in regards to the ECHR?

  • revisiting and reviewing earlier legal precedent established under common law and case law
  • making ultra vires rulings
  • issuing declarations of incompatibility under the HRA 1998