R (Manchester Airports Holdings Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport (Jacobs intervening)

Subject Matter

PUBLIC HEALTH — Control of disease — Power to make regulations — Secretary of State making regulations imposing restrictions on persons entering England in response to Covid-19 pandemic — Secretary of State subsequently making amendments to regulations — Whether amendments unlawful — Whether insufficient reasons given — Whether breach of Convention rights — Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c 22), s 45B — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Pt II, art 1 — Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/582), regs 9, 24

[2021] EWHC 2031 (Admin); [2021] 1 WLR 6190; [2021] WLR(D) 404, DC