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

Facts

Asylum seekers challenged decisions to remove them, one to a country from which he feared he would be sent on to danger.

Issue

How closely should the courts examine decisions that put life at risk?

Held

One decision was quashed because the minister had not properly considered the risk.

Principle

Lord Bridge: the right to life is the most fundamental of all human rights, and decisions that may put it at risk call for the most anxious scrutiny.

Why it matters

Quoted on the right to life and the intensity of review.

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