Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
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Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) is a landmark 2008 House of Lords decision concerning the legality of the UK government's removal and exclusion of the Chagos Islanders from their homeland.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7296858 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) Context triple: [Lord Hoffmann, notableWork, Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)]
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R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd is a landmark UK constitutional law case in which the House of Lords affirmed the supremacy of European Community law over conflicting domestic legislation and allowed for the suspension of an Act of Parliament.
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R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union is a landmark 2017 UK Supreme Court case that held the government must obtain parliamentary approval before triggering Article 50 to leave the European Union.
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C.
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service is a landmark 1985 UK public law case that established the justiciability of certain exercises of the royal prerogative and clarified the scope of judicial review.
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D.
R (Jackson) v Attorney General
R (Jackson) v Attorney General is a landmark 2005 House of Lords case that examined the constitutional validity of legislation enacted under the Parliament Acts and explored fundamental principles about the limits of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law in the UK.
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E.
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union is a leading UK constitutional law case on the limits of the royal prerogative and the executive’s duty to implement legislation enacted by Parliament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) Target entity description: Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) is a landmark 2008 House of Lords decision concerning the legality of the UK government's removal and exclusion of the Chagos Islanders from their homeland.
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A.
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd is a landmark UK constitutional law case in which the House of Lords affirmed the supremacy of European Community law over conflicting domestic legislation and allowed for the suspension of an Act of Parliament.
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B.
R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union is a landmark 2017 UK Supreme Court case that held the government must obtain parliamentary approval before triggering Article 50 to leave the European Union.
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C.
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service is a landmark 1985 UK public law case that established the justiciability of certain exercises of the royal prerogative and clarified the scope of judicial review.
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D.
R (Jackson) v Attorney General
R (Jackson) v Attorney General is a landmark 2005 House of Lords case that examined the constitutional validity of legislation enacted under the Parliament Acts and explored fundamental principles about the limits of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law in the UK.
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E.
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union is a leading UK constitutional law case on the limits of the royal prerogative and the executive’s duty to implement legislation enacted by Parliament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
House of Lords decision
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United Kingdom court case ⓘ judicial review case ⓘ public law case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
administrative law
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constitutional law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ |
| citation | [2008] UKHL 61 ⓘ |
| claimant | Louis Olivier Bancoult ⓘ |
| concerns |
exclusion of Chagos Islanders from their homeland
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removal of Chagos Islanders ⓘ |
| concernsTerritory |
British Indian Ocean Territory
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Chagos Archipelago ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| court |
Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
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linked to:
Judicial Committee of the House of Lords
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| decisionDate | 2008-10-22 ⓘ |
| defendant | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy | Lord Bingham of Cornhill ⓘ |
| fullName | R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) ⓘ |
| involvesGroup |
Chagos Islanders
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linked to:
Chagossians
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| involvesState |
United Kingdom government
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linked to:
UK government
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| judge |
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
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Lord Carswell ⓘ Lord Mance ⓘ Lord Rodger of Earlsferry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| keyIssue |
lawfulness of preventing resettlement of Chagos Islanders
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legality of Orders in Council made under the royal prerogative ⓘ scope of the royal prerogative to legislate for overseas territories ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| leadingJudge | Lord Hoffmann ⓘ |
| legalSignificance |
controversial decision regarding rights of displaced indigenous populations
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important precedent on the scope of prerogative powers over overseas territories ⓘ leading authority on judicial review of Orders in Council ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Lord Carswell
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Lord Hoffmann ⓘ Lord Mance ⓘ Lord Rodger of Earlsferry ⓘ |
| outcome |
Orders in Council upheld as lawful
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appeal by the Secretary of State allowed ⓘ |
| overturnedDecisionOf | Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ |
| ratio |
Orders in Council are reviewable by the courts but were not irrational or unlawful on the facts
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the royal prerogative to legislate for a colony extends to exclusion of inhabitants for reasons of defence and foreign policy ⓘ |
| relatedCase | R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex parte Bancoult (No 1) ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | removal and exclusion of inhabitants from British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 2008 ⓘ |
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Subject: Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) Description of subject: Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) is a landmark 2008 House of Lords decision concerning the legality of the UK government's removal and exclusion of the Chagos Islanders from their homeland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Lord Hoffmann
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notableWork
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Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
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Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
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fullName
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R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
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linked to: Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)