Administrative law
R (on the application of Matthew Campbell) v HM Attorney General for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin)
The Administrative Court ruled on whether the Attorney General’s decision to refuse consent under s 13(1)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988 for judicial review proceedings was justiciable. The court determined that the Attorney General's function, falling within public interest functions akin to gatekeeping legal proceedings, is immune from review under established legal precedents. Even if justiciable, the grounds advanced by the claimant were deemed insufficient to challenge the decision.
Constitutional law
R (on the application of Al-Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWHC 1615 (Admin)
The Administrative Court refused the claimant, a human rights organisation, permission to bring a judicial review claim of the decision of the secretary of state to exclude components for F-35 combat aircraft from the suspension of military exports to Israel (the ‘F-35 carve out’) from the export of items that might be used in carrying out or facilitating Israeli military
