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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms

[1999] UKHL 33; [2000] 2 AC 115; [1999] 3 All ER 400; [1999] 3 WLR 328

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year1999

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

By the principle of legality, fundamental rights cannot be overridden by general or ambiguous statutory words; in the absence of express language or necessary implication, the courts presume even the most general words were intended to be subject to the basic rights of the individual.

Area of Law

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