Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service

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Type: Case

Citation: [1985] AC 374, HL(E)

Summary: Without prior consultation government minister instructing staff no longer to be permitted to belong to national trade unions — Executive action not immune from judicial review merely because done under common law or prerogative power not statutory power — For executive not courts to decide whether fairness outweighed by national security requirements

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Court: HL

Jurisdiction: UK?

Date 1985