Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 33 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 1117 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Ouseley J
Representation Hugh Southey QC and Amanda Weston (instructed by Bates Wells and Braithwaite) for the first claimant.
  Hugh Southey QC (instructed by Scudamores Solicitors) for the second claimant.
  Stephanie Harrison and Edward Grieves (instructed by Tyndallwoods Solicitors) for the third claimant.
  Ramby de Mello and Tony Muman (instructed by Jackson Canter Solicitors) for the fourth claimant.
  James Eadie QC, Charles Bourne and Paul Greatorex (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.
  Judith Farbey QC (instructed by SASO) Special Advocate.
Judgment Dates: 2 May 2012

Catchwords

Judicial review - Evidence - Claimants seeking judicial review of decisions of defendant Secretary of State refusing to grant naturalisation - Secretary of State providing few or no reasons for decision on grounds of national security - Court giving directions as to how claims were to proceed - Whether, and if so, in what circumstances and with what consequences a closed material procedure could be held where issues of national security arose - European Convention on Human Rights, art 6.

The Case

Judicial review Evidence. The Administrative Court gave directions as to the availability of a closed material procedure in judicial review proceedings brought by claimants seeking to challenge the decisions of the defendant Secretary of State in refusing to grant them naturalisation as British citizens where she contended that to give more reasons for her decisions would be harmful to national security.

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