Lord Mance delivers FA Mann lecture on non-justiciability

Reflecting on some of Dr FA Mann QC’s (Hon) (1907-1991) own legal interests, the lecture explores traditional conceptions of non-justiciability in British courts in cases such as Buttes Gas AC 888.

It highlights the move by domestic courts away from traditional ‘no-go’ areas towards a more nuanced and balanced understanding of the respective roles and competences of the executive and the judiciary; and sees this as a not unfavourable development in an era when domestic recourse is often the only practicable means by which an individual, as opposed to a state, may obtain redress for alleged misconduct on the international plane, such as in more cases like Belhaj v Straw UKSC 3.

The full lecture text is available on the UKSC website.