In R (on the application of Corner House Research) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWHC 714 (Admin), the Administrative Court declared that the SFO Director's decision to halt investigations into allegations of bribery in relation to arms contracts with Saudi Arabia had been unlawful. It was held that [...]by yielding to a threat allegedly made by a representative of the Saudi Government to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff relating to future contractual arrangements. Submission to a threat would only be lawful when it was demonstrated that there was no alternative course open to the decision- maker and this was not the case in this instance. It was considered imperative that the courts should uphold the importance of the principle of the rule of law, by asserting the independent function of the Director in carrying out his statutory responsibilities to investigate allegations of fraud and corruption.
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the Director had ceased to exercise the power to make the independent judgement conferred on him by Parliament
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In R (on the application of Corner House Research) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWHC 714 (Admin), the Administrative Court declared that the SFO Director's decision to halt investigations into allegations of bribery in relation to arms contracts with Saudi Arabia had been unlawful. It was held that [...]by yielding to a threat allegedly made by a representative of the Saudi Government to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff relating to future contractual arrangements. Submission to a threat would only be lawful when it was demonstrated that there was no alternative course open to the decision- maker and this was not the case in this instance. It was considered imperative that the courts should uphold the importance of the principle of the rule of law, by asserting the independent function of the Director in carrying out his statutory responsibilities to investigate allegations of fraud and corruption.
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#illegality #judicial-review #public
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In R (on the application of Corner House Research) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWHC 714 (Admin), the Administrative Court declared that the SFO Director's decision to halt investigations into allegations of bribery in relation to arms contracts with Saudi Arabia had been unlawful. It was held that [...]by yielding to a threat allegedly made by a representative of the Saudi Government to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff relating to future contractual arrangements. Submission to a threat would only be lawful when it was demonstrated that there was no alternative course open to the decision- maker and this was not the case in this instance. It was considered imperative that the courts should uphold the importance of the principle of the rule of law, by asserting the independent function of the Director in carrying out his statutory responsibilities to investigate allegations of fraud and corruption.
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the Director had ceased to exercise the power to make the independent judgement conferred on him by Parliament
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