SSHD v Watson & Others
Judgment Approved by the court for handing down.
Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWCA Civ 70
Case No: C1/2015/2612 & 2613
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION, DIVISIONAL COURT
LORD JUSTICE BEAN AND MR JUSTICE COLLINS
Cases No. CO/3655/2014; CO/3667/2014; CO/3794/2014
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 30/01/2018
Before:
SIR GEOFFREY VOS, CHANCELLOR OF THE HIGH COURT
LORD JUSTICE PATTEN
and
LORD LLOYD JONES
Between:
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
Appellant
- and (1) TOM WATSON MP
(2) PETER BRICE
(3) GEOFFREY LEWIS
- and -
Respondents
(1) OPEN RIGHTS GROUP
(2) PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL
(3) THE LAW SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Interveners
--------------------James Eadie QC, Gerry Facenna QC and Michael Armitage (instructed by Government Legal
Department) for the Appellant
Ben Jaffey QC and Iain Steele (instructed by Liberty) for the First Respondent
Richard Drabble QC, Ramby De Mello and Azeem Suterwalla (instructed by Bhatia Best
Solicitors) for the Second and Third Respondents
Jessica Simor QC and Ravi Mehta (instructed by Deighton Pierce Glynn) for the First and Second
Interveners
Hearing date: 8 December 2017
--------------------JUDGMENT