The Industrial Cases Reports
[2011] ICR 938
Supreme Court
Tariq v Home Office (JUSTICE and others intervening)
[2011] UKSC 35
2011 Jan 26,
27;
July 13
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Hope of Craighead DPSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Dyson JJSC
Human rights— Fair hearing— Employment tribunal— Claim of race discrimination following withdrawal of claimant’s security clearance— Claimant to be excluded from parts of hearing on ground of national security— Special advocate appointed to represent claimant’s interests when excluded— Whether procedure compatible with claimant’s right to fair and public hearing— Whether compatible with EU law—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6
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Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1861), Sch 1, r 54, Sch 2, r 8