(Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson, 13 July 2016)
Trinity Term
[2016] UKSC 39
On appeal from: [2015] EWCA Civ 1193
JUDGMENT
R (on the application of The Public Law Project)
(Appellant)
v
Lord Chancellor
(Respondent)
before
Lord Neuberger, President
Lady Hale, Deputy President
Lord Mance
Lord Reed
Lord Carnwath
Lord Hughes
Lord Toulson
JUDGMENT GIVEN ON
13 July 2016
Heard on 18 April 2016
Appellant
Michael Fordham QC
Ben Jaffey
Naina Patel
James Eadie QC
(Instructed by Bindmans LLP)
Respondent
Patrick Goodall QC
Simon Pritchard
Alison Pickup
David Lowe
(Instructed by The Government Legal Department)
Intervener (Office of the
Children’s Commissioner)
Written submissions only
Paul Bowen QC
Eric Metcalfe
Catherine Meredith
(Instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP)
Intervener (The Law
Society)
Written submissions only
Dinah Rose QC
Iain Steele
(Instructed by The Law Society)
Judgment