R (FDA) v Minister for the Cabinet Office

Subject Matter

CROWN — Minister — Civil Service Code — Cabinet Office guidance stating civil servants obliged to implement any ministerial decision to remove individual to Rwanda in breach of indication of European Court of Human Rights — Whether such removal decision in breach of international and/or domestic law — Whether civil servants obliged to refuse to implement ministerial instruction if in breach of international law — Whether guidance accurately stating effect of Civil Service Code — Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c 25), s 5(1) — Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (c 8), s 5 — Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953) (Cmnd 8969), art 34

[2024] EWHC 1729 (Admin); [2025] KB 269; [2025] 2 WLR 107; [2024] WLR(D) 316, KBD