R (Southwall) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2003, EWCA Civ 1002

Citation:R (Southwall) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2003, EWCA Civ 1002

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Rule of thumb:Can the Executive & Parliament pass Acts which fundamentally change society? No, there has to be a referendum before legislation of major significance is introduced.

Judgment:

‘... no Act of Parliament would be passed which altered our constitution in a fundamental way without it first having received the approval of the electorate through a general election or a referendum’. Scheimann LJ

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