Some further examples of judicial deference include the following.

R v Secretary of State for Home Affairs, ex parte Hosenball [1977] 3 All ER 452 The Court of Appeal was unwilling to order reasons to be given to justify the deportation of an American journalist by the Home Secretary. Hosenball claimed that the decision to deport him had breached the rules of natural justice because the Home Secretary had not disclosed the grounds on which he considered him to be a security risk.

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Cheblak [1991] 2 All ER 319 In 1991, during the Gulf War, the Court of Appeal accepted the Home Secretary's determination that Cheblak's presence in the UK was not 'conducive to the public good', and refused to order Cheblak's release from detention pending his deportation. The Home Secretary was not required to specify the precise nature of the threat allegedly posed by Cheblak.

However, more recent cases suggest that the courts, in examining the choices made by the executive and legislature in response to emergency situations, will not necessarily continue to be so deferential.