HOUSE OF LORDS
SESSION 2005-06
[2006] UKHL 12
on appeal from[2004] EWCA Civ 1067
OPINIONS
OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL
for judgment IN THE CAUSE
R (on the application of Gillan (FC) and another (FC)) (Appellants)
v.
Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and another (Respondents)
Appellate Committee
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Lord Hope of Craighead
Lord Scott of Foscote
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Counsel
Appellants:
Rabinder Singh QC
Rajiv Menon
Garreth Wong
(Instructed by Liberty)
Respondents:
Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
John McGuinness QC
Jonathan Hall
(Instructed by Metropolitan Police Directorate of Legal Services)
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Philip Sales
Philip Coppel
(Instructed by Treasury Solicitor)
Hearing dates:
25 and 26 January 2006
on
WEDNESDAY 8 march 2006