Index card Rahmatullah v Secretary of State for Defence

Hearings

England & Wales

29 Jul 2011 [2011] EWHC 2008 (Admin); [2012] 1 WLR 1462; [2011] 4 All ER 926; [2012] ACD 10; (2011) 161 NLJ 1183, DC (Laws LJ, Silber J)

21 Dec 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 1540; [2012] 1 WLR 1462; [2012] 1 All ER 1290; [2012] HRLR 9; [2011] WLR (D) 368, CA (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Maurice Kay, Sullivan LJJ)

23 Feb 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 182; [2012] 1 WLR 1462, CA (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Maurice Kay, Sullivan LJJ)

31 May 2012 (appn all) [2012] 1 WLR 1912, SC(E)

31 Oct 2012 (JUSTICE intervening) [2012] UKSC 48; [2013] 1 AC 614; [2012] 3 WLR 1087; [2013] 1 All ER 574; 33 BHRC 679; [2013] HRLR 4; [2012] WLR (D) 301; The Times, 16 November 2012; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Dyson MR, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Reed, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath JJSC, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers)

Additional names

Rahmatullah v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Subject Matter

HABEAS CORPUS — Jurisdiction — Control — Applicant Pakistan national captured in Iraq by British forces — Applicant transferred to United States forces and detained in Afghanistan — Applicant held under arrangement permitting United Kingdom to request his return — United States detainee review board determining applicant not enduring security threat — Applicant remaining in detention — Habeas corpus application in High Court — Whether writ of habeas corpus to issue notwithstanding applicant in custody of United States forces — Whether applicant in power and control of United Kingdom — Whether return to writ showing request for return would not be complied with sufficient — Geneva Conventions Act 1957, Sch 4, arts 45, 49, 132, 133

[2013] 1 AC 614; [2012] 1 WLR 1462; [2012] 3 WLR 1087

Appellate History

Rahmatullah v Secretary of State for Defence [2011] EWHC 2008 (Admin); [2012] 1 WLR 1462; [2011] 4 All ER 926; [2012] ACD 10; (2011) 161 NLJ 1183, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court reversed

Rahmatullah v Secretary of State for Defence [2011] EWCA Civ 1540; [2012] 1 WLR 1462; [2012] 1 All ER 1290; [2012] HRLR 9; [2011] WLR (D) 368, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Rahmatullah v Secretary of State for Defence [2012] UKSC 48; [2013] 1 AC 614; [2012] 3 WLR 1087; [2013] 1 All ER 574; 33 BHRC 679; [2013] HRLR 4; [2012] WLR (D) 301; The Times, 16 November 2012; Case details, SC(E)