Hearings
England & Wales
10 Dec 2018 [2018] EWHC 3520 (Admin), QBD (Ouseley J)
04 Mar 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 304; [2019] 1 WLR 4174; [2019] 3 All ER 230; [2019] WLR (D) 125, CA (Hickinbottom, Haddon-Cave LJJ)
R (Wilson) v Prime Minister
Subject Matter
PARLIAMENT — Referendum — Illegal practice — Electoral Commission finding breach of spending rules by campaign party — Whether court having common law power to declare referendum unlawful — Whether Prime Minister’s decision to act in accordance with result of referendum irrational or ultra vires — European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c 36), Sch 3, para 19 — European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 (c 9), s 1(1) — European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c 16), s 13 — EU Treaty, art 50EU
[2019] EWCA Civ 304; [2019] 1 WLR 4174; [2019] 3 All ER 230; [2019] WLR (D) 125, CA
Appellate History
R (Wilson) v Prime Minister [2018] EWHC 3520 (Admin), QBD
Decision of Ouseley J sitting in the Queen’s Bench Division affirmed
R (Wilson) v Prime Minister [2019] EWCA Civ 304; [2019] 1 WLR 4174; [2019] 3 All ER 230; [2019] WLR (D) 125, CA
Commentary
UK Human Rights Blog
Judicial review is not “politics by another means”
Case comment