QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order

[2020] EWHC 2508 (Admin), QBD

[2022] EWHC 836 (Admin), QBD

TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order — Secretary of State making temporary exclusion order in respect of claimant and imposing obligations on claimant on return to United Kingdom — Claimant applying for statutory review of Secretary of State’s decision that conditions for making order met — Whether Convention right to fair trial applying on review so as to entitle claimant to certain level of disclosure — Whether claimant to be permitted to cross-examine Secretary of State’s national security witness — Whether Secretary of State to be ordered to tender witness for cross-examination on other aspects of challenge — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 3(1), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 8 — Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c 6), ss 2, 9, 11(2) — CPR rr 3.1(2)(m), 88.25(4)

[2022] EWCA Civ 1541; [2023] KB 472; [2023] 2 WLR 1103; [2022] WLR(D) 465, CA

TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order — Secretary of State imposing temporary exclusion order in respect of claimant and imposing obligations on claimant on return to United Kingdom — Claimant applying for statutory review of Secretary of State’s decision to impose order — Whether Convention right to fair trial applying on review so as to entitle claimant to certain level of disclosure — Whether right of abode in United Kingdom constituting “civil right” within meaning of Convention — Whether outcome of review having substantial influence or effect on determination of civil rights involved in related review of obligations — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 3(1), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 8 — Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c 6), ss 2, 9, 11(2)

[2024] UKSC 26; [2025] AC 995; [2024] 3 WLR 547; [2025] 1 All ER 209; [2024] WLR(D) 376, SC(E)

Appellate History