Politics - relations between branches

Tick all correct functions of the senior courts

• To set legal precedents which can be referred to in subsequent cases

• To interpret uncertainty in Acts of Parliament

• To uphold the rights of citizens and rule of law without social or political influence

True or False - The way in which senior judges interpret Acts of Parliament and resolve cases before the courts creates a legal precedent which judges are expected to follow in subsequent cases.

• True

• False

Before 2005 the highest court of appeal in the UK had been the House of Lords, which breached the constitutional principle of....

• The rule of law

• Parliamentary sovereignty

• The separation of powers

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 removed the law lords from the House of Lords and established the

How many justices of the Supreme Court are there?

• 10

• 11

• 12

True or False- most senior judges are white, privately and Oxbridge educated males

• True

• False

True or False- the Justice Secretary, a cabinet member, retains the right to reject a nominee to the Supreme Court

• True

• False

Judges can only fairly administer justice if they are free to act without government pressure and are

Tick the correct key term - The rule of law requires that Judicial decisions must never be influenced by personal prejudice and the law must be interpreted fairly and applied impartially to all.

• Ultra vires

• Judicial precedent

• Judicial neutrality

In which high profile Supreme Court decision did the court decide in favour of former Guantamo Bay detainees that the heads of the security service should give evidence in public?

• R V Jogee 2016

• Al Rawl and others V The Security Service 2011

• R V Chaytor 2010