The Weekly Law Reports
[2025] 2 WLR 107
King’s Bench Division
Rex (FDA) v Minister for the Cabinet Office and another
[2024] EWHC 1729 (Admin)
2024 June 6; July 5
Chamberlain J
Crown— Minister— Civil Service Code— Cabinet Office guidance stating civil servants obliged to implement any ministerial decision to remove individual to Rwanda in breach of indication of European Court of Human Rights— Whether such removal decision in breach of international and/or domestic law— Whether civil servants obliged to refuse to implement ministerial instruction if in breach of international law— Whether guidance accurately stating effect of Civil Service Code—
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c 25), s 5(1)
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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (c 8), s 5
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953) (Cmnd 8969), art 34