“…, in support of its argument that all of this was nonjusticiable, relied heavily upon the judgment in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex p Brind [1991] 1 AC 696 (“Brind”). There the Claimants challenged a directive issued by the Government restricting the words that could be uttered on television by persons representin…”
“…The first case in which use of ministerial statements appears to have occurred is R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex p. Brind [1991] 1 AC 696. A…”
“…R v Secretary of State for the Home Deparment ex parte Brind [1991] 1 AC 696 in which the House of Lords concluded that (prior to the Human Rights Act 1998) it was not open to an English Court to apply the European Convention on Human R…”
“… has been acknowledged by the House of Lords on more than one occasion. The obvious starting point is R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex p Brind [1991] 1 AC 696. The Home Secretary had issued directives to the BBC and IBA prohibiting the broadcasting of speech by representatives of proscribed terrorist organisations. T…”