R (Cabinet Office) v Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Subject Matter

TRIBUNAL — Tribunal of inquiry — Evidence — Chair of public inquiry issuing notice requiring provision of unredacted documents — Whether notice invalid if yielding irrelevant documents — Appropriate procedure where relevance of requested documents contested — Inquiries Act 2005 (c 12), s 21

[2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin); [2024] 2 WLR 485; [2023] WLR(D) 302, DC

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Inquiries Act 2005 (c 12), s 21

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: R (Cabinet Office) v Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin); [2024] 2 WLR 485; [2023] WLR(D) 302, DC

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Cabinet Office) v Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin); [2024] 2 WLR 485; [2023] WLR(D) 302, DC

Barras v Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Co Ltd [1933] AC 402, HL(Sc)

Cabinet Office v Information Comr [2018] UKUT 67 (AAC); [2018] AACR 28, UT

Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry v Romdhan [2021] EWHC 3274 (Admin), QBD

Compagnie Financiere du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co 11 QBD 55, CA

Douglas v Pindling [1996] UKPC 8; [1996] AC 890; [1996] 3 WLR 242, PC

Dunn v Durham County Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1654; [2013] 1 WLR 2305; [2013] 2 All ER 213; [2013] LGR 315; [2012] WLR (D) 381, CA

GE Capital Corporate Finance Group Ltd v Bankers Trust Co [1995] 1 WLR 172; [1995] 2 All ER 993, CA

Genius Sports Technologies Ltd v Soft Construct (Malta) Ltd [2022] EWHC 2637 (Ch), Ch D

Inner West London Assistant Deputy Coroner v Channel 4 Television Corpn (Practice Note) [2007] EWHC 2513 (QB); [2008] 1 WLR 945, QBD

JKL v VBN [2020] EWHC 458 (QB), QBD

Lord Advocate v Dumbarton District Council [1990] 2 AC 580; [1989] 3 WLR 1346; [1990] 1 All ER 1, HL(Sc)

Moore-Bick v Mills [2020] EWHC 618 (Admin), QBD

Mount Murray Country Club Ltd v Macleod [2003] UKPC 53; [2003] STC 1525, PC

PETITION OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION AGAINST THE SCOTTISH CHILD ABUSE INQUIRY [2022] CSIH 5; 2022 SC 184, Ct of Sess

Paddick (Brian) v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2003] EWHC 2991 (QB), QBD

Paisley Junior, In re [2009] NIQB 40

Pipia v BGEO Group Ltd [2020] EWHC 402 (Comm); [2020] 1 WLR 2582; [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 365; [2020] WLR(D) 128, QBD

R (A) v Croydon London Borough Council [2009] UKSC 8; [2009] 1 WLR 2557; [2010] PTSR 106; [2010] 1 All ER 469; [2010] LGR 183; [2010] 1 FLR 959; [2009] WLR (D) 342; Case details, SC(E)

R (EA) v Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin), DC

R (Good Law Project Ltd) v Prime Minister [2022] EWHC 960 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 3748; [2022] WLR(D) 221, DC

R v Bristol Justices, Ex parte E [1999] 1 WLR 390; [1998] 3 All ER 798; [1999] 1 Cr App R 144, DC

R v Coroner for North Humberside and Scunthorpe, Ex parte Jamieson [1995] QB 1; [1994] 3 WLR 82; [1994] 3 All ER 972, CA

R v Lord Saville of Newdigate Ex parte, A [2000] 1 WLR 1855; [1999] 4 All ER 860, CA

Ross v Costigan (1982) 41 ALR 319, Fed Ct (Aus)

Shah v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1154; [2012] Lloyd's Rep FC 105, CA

Sheeran v Chokri [2021] EWHC 3553 (Ch), Ch D

Somerville v Scottish Ministers (HM Advocate General for Scotland intervening) [2007] UKHL 44; [2007] 1 WLR 2734, HL(Sc)

The Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry v Taghdi [2021] EWHC 2878 (Admin), QBD

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