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R (Barclay and another) v Secretary of State for Justice and others [2009] UKSC 9

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (via The National Archives, Find Case Law) · 2009

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2026-09-01
Reliability notes
Challenge to the Reform (Sark) Law 2008; judgment of 1 December 2009. Paras 6 and 22 (reform and first election on 10 December 2008), 72-74 (Seigneur and Seneschal within the margin of appreciation), 112 (appeal dismissed). Also on BAILII: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2009/9.html

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EstablishedThe Reform (Sark) Law 2008 replaced tenant membership of the Chief Pleas with conseillers elected by residents; the first election was held on 10 December 2008.EstablishedThe UK Supreme Court in December 2009 dismissed the Barclay brothers' challenge to the Reform (Sark) Law 2008, after the Court of Appeal in 2008 had found the Seneschal's combined roles incompatible with Article 6 of the ECHR.