Hearings
23 Mar 2023 [2023] EWHC 652 (Admin), KBD (Swift J)
07 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 796; [2023] WLR(D) 297, CA (Bean, Coulson, William Davis LJJ)
30 Oct 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused
R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Subject Matter
JUDICIAL REVIEW — Public authority — Legitimate expectation
JUDICIAL REVIEW — Public authority — Legitimate expectation — Dual British and Nigerian national abducted from Kenya by agents of Nigerian state and detained in Nigeria pending trial — British national making complaint to Foreign Secretary about lack of consular assistance — British national seeking judicial review of Foreign Secretary’s decision that approach to assistance appropriate and lawful — Whether claimant having legitimate expectation of Foreign Secretary formulating view on treatment of claimant — Whether court permitted to require Foreign Secretary to reach firm view on whether claimant victim of conduct by foreign state contrary to international law
Appellate History
R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWHC 652 (Admin), KBD
Decision of Swift J affirmed
R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWCA Civ 796; [2023] WLR(D) 297, CA
Commentary
Free Movement
High Court considers government actions to safeguard a dual British national abroad
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