United Kingdom closed material procedurespecial advocateslegal professional privilege

Al-Libi v The Home Office

[2026] EWHC 1524 (KB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court (King's Bench Division)

Year2026

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Concerns the integrity of the special advocate system within closed material procedures, holding that the search for and removal of legally privileged material from a special advocate's safe raises issues of broad significance for the protection of privileged closed material and the proper operation of the CMP/special-advocate regime.

Area of Law

General

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