Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374 or the GCHQ case is an important case in English administrative law. It established the grounds on which a judicial review claim could be brought and also established that the executive prerogative powers could be judicially reviewed in much the same manner as a statute.
Background
The case concerned the attempt by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to ban workers at the GCHQ Headquarters from belonging to trade unions in the interest of "national security"
Note: The prime minister is also minister for the Civil Service.
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