R (Jackson) v Attorney General

E79901

House of Lords case United Kingdom constitutional law case judicial review case

R (Jackson) v Attorney General is a landmark 2005 House of Lords case that examined the constitutional validity of legislation enacted under the Parliament Acts and explored fundamental principles about the limits of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law in the UK.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Regina (Jackson and others) v Attorney General	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of Lords case ⓘ United Kingdom constitutional law case ⓘ judicial review case ⓘ
aroseFrom	challenge to the Hunting Act 2004 ⓘ
concerns	constitutional limits of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ interpretation of the Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ legislative procedure under the Parliament Acts ⓘ rule of law in the United Kingdom ⓘ validity of the Hunting Act 2004 ⓘ validity of the Parliament Act 1949 ⓘ
hasCitation	[2005] 3 WLR 733 ⓘ [2005] 4 All ER 1253 ⓘ [2006] 1 AC 262 ⓘ
hasClaimant	Countryside Alliance supporters ⓘ pro-hunting campaigners ⓘ
hasCountry	England and Wales ⓘ
hasCourt	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
hasDecisionDate	13 October 2005 ⓘ
hasDefendant	Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of the United Kingdom
hasFullName	R (Jackson) v Attorney General self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regina (Jackson and others) v Attorney General
hasJudge	Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ Lord Bingham of Cornhill ⓘ Lord Carswell ⓘ Lord Hope of Craighead ⓘ Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead ⓘ Lord Rodger of Earlsferry ⓘ Lord Steyn ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasKeyIssue	whether the 1911 Act permitted its own amendment without the consent of the House of Lords ⓘ whether there are implied limits on the use of the Parliament Acts procedure ⓘ
hasNeutralCitation	[2005] UKHL 56 ⓘ
hasProceduralHistory	appeal from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
hasYear	2005 ⓘ
held	legislation made under the Parliament Acts is primary legislation ⓘ the 1911 Act created a new way of enacting primary legislation without the Lords ⓘ the Hunting Act 2004 was valid primary legislation ⓘ the Parliament Act 1949 was validly enacted ⓘ
includesDictum	suggestion that courts might in extreme circumstances refuse to recognise certain legislation ⓘ suggestion that parliamentary sovereignty is a construct of the common law ⓘ
includesDictumBy	Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ Lord Hope of Craighead ⓘ Lord Steyn ⓘ
isLandmarkFor	doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ principle of the rule of law ⓘ relationship between Parliament and the courts ⓘ scope of judicial review of constitutional legislation ⓘ
legalArea	constitutional law ⓘ legislative process ⓘ public law ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

R (Jackson) v Attorney General → hasFullName → R (Jackson) v Attorney General self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regina (Jackson and others) v Attorney General

Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → interpretedInCase → R (Jackson) v Attorney General ⓘ