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R (Litvinenko) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
14.04
R (Litvinenko) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
   
Issue: Whether, where a PII certificate prevented an inquest from considering key relevant issues, the Secretary of State’s reasons for refusing a statutory inquiry into a death, provided a rational basis for that decision.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO6635/2013
   
Neutral Citation:   [2014] EWHC 194 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Richards and Treacy LJJ, Mitting J
   
Date: 11 February 2014