The House of Lords upheld the Attorney General's political discretion in refusing to invoke the law in…
In "Gouriet Vs. Union of Post Office Workers" the House of Lords upheld the Attorney-General's discretion, treated as non-justiciable, in refusing to lend his name to a…
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The House of Lords upheld the Attorney General's political discretion in refusing to invoke the law in face of a threatened criminal offence in deliberate defiance of an Act of Parliament, in the case of :
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In "Gouriet Vs. Union of Post Office Workers" the House of Lords upheld the Attorney-General's discretion, treated as non-justiciable, in refusing to lend his name to a relator action to restrain a threatened breach of the law, affirming the political nature of that discretion.
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