R v Foreign Secretary, ex parte Rees-Mogg [1994] QB 552
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Plaintiff tried to seek judicial review of Defendant’s decision to ratify the Maastricht treaty.
The court refused, saying that it didn’t have the jurisdiction to review the signing of treaties.
Lloyd LJ
No arguments arose about standing.
Suffice to say “we accept without question that Lord Rees-Mogg brings the proceedings because of his sincere concern for constitutional issues.”
He endorses what Slade LJ said in Smedley
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