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Liversidge v Anderson
[1942] AC 206; [1941] UKHL 1; [1941] 3 All ER 338
Key Principle
The majority held that a wartime detention power exercisable where the minister 'has reasonable cause to believe' was effectively subjective and not reviewable on its merits; Lord Atkin's dissent (now preferred) insisted the words imported an objective, justiciable standard.
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