Dissent is to be respected, majority is to be upheld — Hafiz Hassan

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MARCH 18 — It is critical that judges speak in dissent where necessary, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah. “Some judges may hold strong legal and moral convictions...

MARCH 18 — It is critical that judges speak in dissent where necessary, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah.

It concerned the legality of the detention of one Robert Liversidge by Sir John Anderson, the then Secretary of State for Home Affairs under the Defence Regulations 1939. Parliament changed those words to “reasonable cause to believe”, rendering the detention to be made on objective grounds. “In a case in which the liberty of the subject is concerned, we cannot go beyond the natural construction of the Statute.

 

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