HOUSE
OF LORDS
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SESSION 2005-06
[2005] UKHL 56
on appeal from: [2005] EWCA Civ 126
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OPINIONS
OF
THE LORDS OF APPEAL
for
judgment IN THE CAUSE
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Jackson
and others (Appellants) v. Her
Majesty's Attorney General (Respondent)
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Appellate
Committee
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Lord Bingham
of Cornhill
Lord
Nicholls of Birkenhead
Lord Steyn
Lord Hope
of Craighead
Lord
Rodger of Earlsferry
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Lord
Walker of Gestingthorpe
Baroness
Hale of Richmond
Lord
Carswell
Lord Brown
of Eaton-under-Heywood
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Counsel
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Appellants:
Sir Sydney Kentridge QC
Richard Lissack QC
Martin Chamberlain
Marcus Haywood
(Instructed by Allen & Overy LLP)
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Respondent:
Attorney General (Lord Goldsmith QC)
Philip Sales
Clive Lewis
(Instructed by Treasury Solicitor)
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Interveners:
League against Cruel Sports
David Pannick QC
Gordon Nardell
(Written intervention)
(Instructed by Collyer-Bristow)
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Hearing dates:
13 and
14 July 2005
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on
Thursday
13 OCTOBER 2005
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