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
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWCA Civ 796; [2023] WLR(D) 297, CA
R (Abbasi) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2002] EWCA Civ 1598; [2003] UKHRR 76, CA Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWHC 652 (Admin), KBD
R (Abbasi) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2003] UKHRR 76
Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [1977] AC 1014; [1976] 3 WLR 641; [1976] 3 All ER 665; 75 LGR 190, HL(E) and CA
Cases cited in: R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWCA Civ 796; [2023] WLR(D) 297, CA
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374; [1984] 3 WLR 1174; [1985] ICR 14; [1984] 3 All ER 935, HL(E)
Jennings v Rice [2002] EWCA Civ 159; [2003] 1 P & CR 8, CA
R (Abbasi) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2003) UKHRR 76
Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [1977] AC 1014; [1976] 3 WLR 641; [1976] 3 All ER 665; 75 LGR 190, HL(E) and CA
Commentary
Free Movement
High Court considers government actions to safeguard a dual British national abroad
Case comment