The Weekly Law Reports
[2004] 3 WLR 1
Court of Appeal
Regina (Quark Fishing Ltd)
v
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
[2004] EWCA Civ 527
2004 Feb 17,
18;
April 29
April 29
Pill, Thomas and Jacob LJJ
Crown
— Colony
— Subordinate legislation
— Direction under
— Secretary of State's unlawful instruction to dependent territory official to refuse fishing licence in territory's waters to former licence-holder
— Claim for damages for deprivation of possession
— Whether instruction given on behalf of United Kingdom government or of territory's government
— Whether right to damages
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch. 1, Pt II, art 1
—
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Order 1985 (SI 1985/449), s. 5