R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Al-Fayed
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Judgment Date | 26 July 2000 |
| Date | 26 July 2000 |
Regina
and
Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Al Fayed
Before Lord Justice Nourse, Lord Justice Kennedy and Lord Justice Rix
COURT OF APPEAL
Nationality - refusal of application for naturalisation - claim that application prejudged - evidence insufficient
Newspaper article is insufficient proof
An article in a national newspaper by a journalist based on what he had been told by a third party whom he refused to identify was not satisfactory evidence to support an allegation that the Home Secretary had prejudged an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981.
The Court of Appeal so held in reserved judgments in judicial review proceedings dismissing an appeal by Mr Mohammed Al Fayed from the refusal by Mr Justice Ognell on October 21, 1999, to quash the decision of the Home Secretary not to grant him citizenship.
Mr Michael Beloff, QC and Mr Rabinder Singh for Mr Al Fayed; Mr Jonathan Crow and Mr Mark Hoskins for the Home Secretary.
LORD JUSTICE NOURSE said that the Home Secretary, Mr Jack Straw, having dealt with the application personally...
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R SA v Secretary of State for the Home Department
...… The Secretary of State's decision is only reviewable by the courts on traditional public law grounds. As Nourse LJ said in ex p. Al Fayed (No. 2): "40. It is important to emphasise that the decision to be taken, though, like many such decisions, one which could seriously affect the rights......
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FM, appeal by
...able to set a high standard for the good character requirement. In R v. Secretary of State for the Home Department ex p Fayed (No 2) [2001] Imm. A.R. 134, Nourse LJ stated “In R v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fayed [1998] 1 WLR 763,773F-G, Lord Woolf MR referred in ......
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Onuzi (Good Character Requirement: Sleiman Considered)
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The King on the application of Remi William Akinyemi v Secretary of State for the Home Department
...of good character. It is open to the Defendant to adopt an approach to good character which sets a high standard. In R v SSHD ex p Al Fayed (No 2) [2001] Imm AR 134 at [41] the Court of Appeal stated that: “[41] In R v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fayed [1998] 1 WLR......
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