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R (Quark Fishing Ltd) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Hearings

England & Wales

22 Jul 2003 [2003] EWHC 1743 (Admin), QBD

29 Apr 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 527; [2005] QB 93; [2004] 3 WLR 1, CA

11 Oct 2004 (pet all) [2005] UKHL 57; [2004] 1 WLR 2774, HL(E)

13 Oct 2005 [2006] 1 AC 529; [2005] 3 WLR 837; [2006] 3 All ER 111, HL(E)

Ships

Jacqueline

Subject Matter

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, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1 — South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Order 1985, s 5

[2004] EWCA Civ 527; [2005] QB 93; [2004] 3 WLR 1, CA

[2006] 1 AC 529; [2005] 3 WLR 837; [2006] 3 All ER 111, HL(E)

Appellate History

R (Quark Fishing Ltd) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2003] EWHC 1743 (Admin), QBD

Decision of Collins J affirmed

R (Quark Fishing Ltd) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2004] EWCA Civ 527; [2005] QB 93; [2004] 3 WLR 1, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on different grounds

R (Quark Fishing Ltd) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2005] UKHL 57; [2004] 1 WLR 2774, HL(E)

Commentary

New Law Journal
Old colonies; new disputes 165 NLJ 7656, p12

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Introduction 91.1

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