important cases in the supreme court#

Cards (4)

  • MILLER- 2017- gave the PM prerogative power over treaties and diplomacy- the case challenged the PM claim that they can automatically trigger Article 50 of Lisbon treaty- the court ruled that only Parliament can only give authority to PMs to trigger article 50
  • Friends of the earth v Heathrow airport 2020- judicial review- issue- weather the government ignored the UK climate change under the paris agreement by giving the go through for a 3rd runway at Heathrow- construction of the 3rd highway could procced
  • Schlinder v Duchy of lancaster 2016 - the right to vote- should uk citizens who lived abroad for more than 15 years be able to vote in the 2016 referendum- the vote was denied to citiezins as they have forfeited their rights by living abroad
  • Miller II- 2019- Pm perogstive power to protege (suspend) parliament- PM advise the monarch to suspend parliament- Boris Johnson was ruled unlawful since it was given intention to evade parlimentaey scrutiny