‘In advance of a challenge against the Foreign Secretary’s refusal to provide consular assistance for a British national and her children currently present in Al-Roj camp in Syria, the High Court (Jay J) has held that claims for consular assistance fall within the “hard core of public authority prerogatives”, making them fall outside the scope of Article 6(1) ECHR and thus entitlement to AF (No. 3) gisted disclosure in national security cases. The case is R (C3) v Foreign Secretary [2026] EWHC 34 (Admin).’
Administrative Court Blog, 13th January 2026
