R v Ministry of Defence, ex parte Walker
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | LORD SLYNN OF HADLEY,LORD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD,LORD HOFFMANN,LORD SAVILLE OF NEWDIGATE,LORD HOBHOUSE OF WOODBOROUGH |
| Judgment Date | 06 April 2000 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [2000] UKHL J0406-1 |
| Date | 06 April 2000 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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42 cases
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R (Association of British Civilian Internees Far Eastern Region) v Secretary of State for Defence
...to compensation from their home countries. But its failure to do so was not irrational. 43 It is instructive to consider R v Ministry of Defence ex p Walker [2000] 1 WLR 806, which bears some similarities to the present case. The House of Lords rejected an argument that the differential tr......
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The United Policyholders Group and Others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
...them. 85 The principle has since been recognised as "well-established" in the House of Lords, but without detailed argument: see R v Ministry of Defence, Ex p Walker [2000] 1 WLR 806; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Zeqiri [2002] UKHL 3; [2002] Imm AR 296 para 44; R ......
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R (JD Wetherspoon Plc) v Guildford Borough Council
...and will consider whether a policy document has been misinterpreted or whether the interpretation involves an error in law ( R v Ministry of Defence, ex p Walker [2000] 1 WLR 806, 810) or is not reasonably open to the authority in question. Such documents are, however, not ( ex p Ozminnos a......
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Li Shuk Fan v The Director Of Immigration
...the public authority, subject to the application of the Wednesbury unreasonableness test. In R v. Ministry of Defence, Ex parte Walker [2000] 1 WLR 806, Lord Slynn of Hadley, speaking with reference to the phrase "military activity" in the government compensation scheme said (at "If I had c......
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3 books & journal articles
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Murder as an Offence under English Law
...s. 63B; and s. 63Cmight apply where any of the passengers are UK nationals, but neither of theseprovisions was in force at the time.47 [2000] 2 All ER 917.The Journal of Criminal encouragement provided by an accomplice within England cannotmake that accomplice guilty of murder in England; b......
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United Kingdom Military Law: Autonomy, Civilianisation, Juridification
...and (f) chemical warfare experiments at Porton Down; see TheGuardian, 29 November 2000. See also RvMinistry of Defence, ex parte Walker [2000] 1 WLR 806(HL), an unsuccessful judicial review challenge to a government refusal to award, in respect to aninjury inflicted by local irregulars on a......
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Substantive legitimate expectations in Australian administrative law.
...times by the House of Lords either with tacit approval or without adverse comment: see, eg, R v Ministry of Defence; Ex parte Walker [2000] 2 All ER 917,924 (Lord Slynn); R v East Sussex County Council; Ex parte Reprotech (Pebsham) Ltd [2002] 4 All ER 58, 66 (Lord Hoffmann) ('Reprotech'); R......