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Parliamentary Debates
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
166 speeches (48,667 words)
2nd reading
Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Banner (Con - Life peer) For example, in the case of the Queen v A (No. 2) 2002, 2 AC 45, Lord Steyn held:“In accordance with - Link to Speech

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
58 speeches (15,830 words)
Committee stage
Monday 19th May 2025 - Grand Committee
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Burnett of Maldon (XB - Life peer) noble Lord, Lord Neuberger, the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Hale, and also, historically, Lord Steyn - Link to Speech

Arbitration Bill [HL]
22 speeches (5,421 words)
Lords Special Public Bill Committee: Part 1
Wednesday 27th March 2024 - Other Business
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) Having seen the achievement of the 1996 Act, particularly the work of Lord Mustill, Lord Steyn and Lord - Link to Speech

Arbitration Bill [HL]
33 speeches (11,776 words)
Second reading committee
Tuesday 19th December 2023 - Grand Committee
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) promotional in nature.The departmental committee was headed up first by Lord Mustill and then by Lord Steyn - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
115 speeches (24,213 words)
Committee stage: Part 1
Wednesday 24th May 2023 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: None Lord Steyn, in a famous passage in the House of Lords Appellate Committee, as it then was, said that - Link to Speech
2: Lord Sandhurst (CON - Excepted Hereditary) The one in which Lord Steyn spoke is the case of Ghaidan—I cannot remember the other name in the case - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 11th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Sheffield Hallam University, JUSTICE, Gwent Police and NPCC, and RESOLVE

Crime and Policing Bill - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: This was pointed out by Lord Steyn in the McCann case in 2003 with respect to ASBOs.

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - School of Law, Cyprus Campus, University of Lancashire (www.uclancyprus.ac.cy/) and Tutor, Centre for the Rule of Law & European Values, Cyprus (https://crolev.eu/)
ROL0092 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: As Lord Steyn observed in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords in 2004: ‘In our Parliamentary

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association of England and Wales
ROL0067 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: retrospectively: R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex p Pierson [1998] AC 539, 591 per Lord Steyn

Monday 12th May 2025
Written Evidence - Toronto
ROL0045 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: For he endorsed the very claims made by Lord Steyn and Lady Hale 20 AV Dicey, Introduction to the Study

Monday 12th May 2025
Written Evidence - Constitutions, Rights and Justice Research Group (University of Worcester)
ROL0040 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: According to Lord Steyn in R (on the application of Anderson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Thursday 8th May 2025
Written Evidence - n/a
ROL0016 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Rule of Law’ (Policy Exchange, 2024), 11-17. 33 R v DPP ex parte Kebilene (1999) 28 EHRR CD1, 23 (Lord Steyn

Tuesday 6th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister of State for Data Protection & Telecoms regarding the Data (Use and Access) Bill Dated 2 May

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: In re S (A Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) [2004] UKHL 47 at paragraph 17 Lord Steyn

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Written Evidence - COEUS
PRE0038 - The use of pre-recorded cross-examination under Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

The use of pre-recorded cross-examination under Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 - Justice Committee

Found: including those who both prosecute and defend RASSO2 cases, and some who only accept defence or 1 Lord Steyn

Thursday 20th July 2023
Written Evidence - Protect (Whistleblowing Advice) Limited
HRW0010 - Human Rights at Work

Human Rights at Work - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: were also excluded from PIDA 2 House of Lords decision in Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd Lord Steyn

Thursday 8th June 2023
Written Evidence - University of Sheffield
HRW0044 - Human Rights at Work

Human Rights at Work - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: 49 Pla and Puncernau v Andorra (2006) 42 EHRR 25. 50 Malik v BCCI [1997] UKHL 23. 51 Malik, per Lord Steyn

Thursday 8th June 2023
Written Evidence - Employment Lawyers Association
HRW0015 - Human Rights at Work

Human Rights at Work - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: 2019] I.C.R. 28 92 See Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA [1997] ICR 606 per Lord Steyn



Parliamentary Research
Safety of Rwanda Bill: legal commentary - CBP-9931
Jan. 12 2024

Found: validity of the Hunting Act 2004, which was passed using the Parliament Act 1949.33 In his judgm ent, Lord Steyn

Artificial intelligence and employment law - CBP-9817
Aug. 11 2023

Found: As described by Lord Steyn in Malik and Mahmud v Bank of Credit and Comm erce International S.A [



Bill Documents
Jun. 23 2025
HL Bill 112 Explanatory Notes
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
Explanatory Notes

Found: ethical and moral issues and the risks and potential consequences of a change in the law.” 8 36 Lord Steyn

May. 13 2025
Letter from Lord Timpson to Peers regarding the appropriateness of the term ‘personal characteristics'.
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025
Will write letters

Found: (see R (on the application of S) v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [2004] UKHL 39 at 50 per Lord Steyn

Feb. 25 2025
Human Rights Memorandum prepared by the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Defence
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Human rights memorandum

Found: court “on application” by law enforcement bodies. 9 [2002] UKHL 2, [2003] 1 AC 1099 at [8] (Lord Steyn

Nov. 11 2024
Bill 012 EN 2024-25 - large print
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
Explanatory Notes

Found: Lord Steyn, in the Judicial House of Lords said in the Pretty case, subsequently approved in the Conway

Nov. 11 2024
Bill 012 EN 2024-25
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
Explanatory Notes

Found: Lord Steyn, in the Judicial House of Lords said in the Pretty case, subsequently approved in the Conway

Jan. 12 2024
Research Briefing on legal commentary
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024
Briefing papers

Found: validity of the Hunting Act 2004, which was passed using the Parliament Act 1949.33 In his judgm ent, Lord Steyn

Nov. 22 2023
Human Rights Memorandum from the Home Office and Ministry of Justice
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Human rights memorandum

Found: their operational effectiveness. 55 R v Benjafield [2002] UKHL 2, [2003] 1 AC 109 9 at [8] (Lord Steyn



Department Publications - Statistics
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1
Document: (PDF)

Found: Lord Steyn acknowledged its constitutional significance (para. 7) and Lord Hope spoke of the ‘right



Department Publications - Guidance
Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: whereby those seeking asylum have their claims dete rmined in Rwanda ’ [Auth/CB/102/4773 ]. 41 Lord Steyn



Department Publications - Policy paper
Thursday 11th January 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: supporting evidence
Document: (webpage)

Found: whereby those seeking asylum have their claims determined in Rwanda’ [Auth/CB/102/4773]. 41 Lord Steyn

Tuesday 14th November 2023
Home Office
Source Page: Criminal Justice Bill: overarching documents
Document: Criminal Justice Bill: ECHR memorandum (PDF)

Found: UKSC 51, [2013] 1 AC 294 at [25]). 55 R v Benjafield [2002] UKHL 2, [2003] 1 AC 1099 at [8] (Lord Steyn

Wednesday 25th October 2023
Home Office
Source Page: Government response to the Law Commission’s review of confiscation
Document: final review (PDF)

Found: Waya [2012] UKSC 51, [2013] 1 AC 294 at [2], the Supreme Court noted that the observations of Lord Steyn



Non-Departmental Publications - Open consultation
Jan. 22 2026
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: Refreshing our guidance on unfair contract terms
Document: (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: any other similarly graphic surprise metaphor.’ 112 Sections 62(4) and (6) of the Act. 113 Per Lord Steyn



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Dec. 31 2025
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: L and Paul Dunn v Ministry of Defence: [2025] EAT 197
Document: L and Paul Dunn v Ministry of Defence: [2025] EAT 197 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: of incompatibility under section 4 of the 1998 Act must always be the exceptional course (per Lord Steyn

Dec. 17 2025
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Ms Jen Nelson v Renfrewshire Council: [2025] EAT 189
Document: Ms Jen Nelson v Renfrewshire Council [2025] EAT 189 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: the parties whether Tullett marked an unacceptable departure from a passage in the decision of Lord Steyn

Jul. 31 2025
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Louise Akester and 126 Others v Burlington Care (Yorkshire) Ltd (1) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2) Department of Health and Social Care (3): [2025] EAT 111
Document: Louise Akester and 126 Others v Burlington Care (Yorkshire) Ltd (1) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2) Department of Health and Social Care (3): [2025] EAT 111 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: As to its general theme, in an oft-cited passage in Anyanwu Lord Steyn said at [24]: “Discrimination

Jul. 18 2025
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Swansea City & County Council v Mrs D Abraham and Others: [2025] EAT 93
Document: Swansea City & County Council v Mrs D Abraham and Others [2025] EAT 93 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: of the case: Man O’War Station Ltd v Auckland City Council (No.1) [2002] UKPC 28 at [11] (per Lord Steyn

May. 28 2025
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: [2025] UKUT 00156 (TCC) (1) Scatola and others v The Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Document: (1) Scatola and others v The Commissioners of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Lord Steyn said this (at Mannai, p772H): “The question is not whether 12 January can mean 13 January

May. 13 2025
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: XY v AB: [2025] EAT 66
Document: XY v AB [2025] EAT 66 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Lord Steyn described the balancing exercise to be conducted in a case involving these conflicting rights

Apr. 16 2025
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Mr A E Madu v Loughborough College: [2025] EAT 52
Document: Mr A E Madu v Loughborough College: [2025] EAT 52 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: is potentially relevant when applying the similar test for costs, including the analysis by Lord Steyn

Mar. 25 2025
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: MORGAN LLOYD TRUSTEES LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS : [2025] UKUT 00102 (TCC)
Document: Morgan Lloyd Trustees Limited v The Commissioners of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: It suffices to cite Lord Steyn in Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997]

Nov. 21 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: The Tower One St George Wharf Limited v The Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs: [2024] UKUT 00373 (TCC)
Document: The Tower One St George Wharf Limited v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: of Birk enhead, delivering the joint opinion of the appellate committee (which also comprised Lord Steyn

Nov. 14 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Miss Wangtian Xie v E'Quipe Japan Ltd: [2024] EAT 176
Document: Miss Wangtian Xie v E’Quipe Japan Ltd: [2024] EAT 176 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: They may be familiar, but the words of Lord Steyn in Anyanwu v South Bank Students Union [2001] UKHL

Oct. 14 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Ministry of Defence v Mrs Anne Rubery: [2024] EAT 165
Document: Ministry of Defence v Mrs Anne Rubery [2024] EAT 165 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: (Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service [2002] 1 WLR 2956, HL, §§2 -5 per Lord Steyn

Oct. 09 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: TRUSTEES OF THE PANICO PANAYI ACCUMULATION AND MAINTENANCE SETTLEMENTS NUMBERS 1 TO 4 and REDEVCO PROPERTIES UK1 LIMITED v The Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs [2024] UKUT 00319 (TCC)
Document: Trustees of the Panico Panayi Accumulation and Maintenance Settlements Numbers 1 to 4 and Redevco Properties UK1 Limited v The Commissioners of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: the case law on conforming interpretations are interchangeable - see for example the speech of Lord Steyn

Aug. 30 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Ms Quorous Slater v Allen Ford (UK) Ltd: [2024] EAT 139
Document: Ms Quorous Slater v Allen Ford (UK) Ltd: [2024] EAT 139 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: In Anyanwu v South Bank Stude nt Union [2001] ICR 391, [2001] UKHL 14 Lord Steyn said at paragraph

Aug. 15 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: British Airways PLC v 1) Mr B Rollett and Others 2) Minister for Women and Equalities: [2024] EAT 131
Document: British Airways PLC v 1) Mr B Rollett and Others 2) Minister for Women and Equalities: [2024] EAT 131 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: is not an exercise in semantics or linguistics (See Ghaidan per Lord Nicholls at 31 and 35; Lord Steyn

Jun. 21 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2024] UKUT 00183 (TCC)
Document: Telent Technology Services Limited v The Commissioners of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: fifth of Briggs J’s principles in Benchdollar ; and in other leaner formulations - such as that of Lord Steyn

Jun. 12 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: TIMOTHY WATTS v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2024] UKUT 00168 (TCC)
Document: Timothy Watts v HMRC final decision (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: On t he contrary, as Lord Steyn observed in McGuckian [1997] 1 WLR 991, 1001, tax avoidance is the

Apr. 16 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’ S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS v MARLBOROUGH DP LIMITED [2024] UKUT 00098 (TCC) (Final Principal decision)
Document: Marlborough DP Ltd Final Principal Decision 12 April 2024 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Thus, in R (Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service Lord Steyn said at [6] of his

Mar. 25 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Mr T Nicol v World Travel and Tourism Council and Others: [2024] EAT 42
Document: Mr T Nicol v World Travel and Tourism Council and Others [2024] EAT 42 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: real relevance: see Nagarajan v London Regional Transport [2000] 1 AC 501 at pp.519H -520A per Lord Steyn

Mar. 14 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Mr A Goldstein v Ms M Herve: [2024] EAT 35
Document: Mr A Goldstein v Ms M Herve [2024] EAT 35 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: employe e (rather than what the employer intended) , which is to be assessed objectively (per Lord Steyn

Feb. 12 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Mrs Carmen Chevalier-Firescu v HSBC Bank PLC: [2024] EAT 6
Document: Mrs Carmen Chevalier-Firescu v HSBC Bank PLC: [2024] EAT 6 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: South Bank Student Union ( Commission of Racial Equality intervening) [2001] ICR 391, para 24, Lord Steyn

Feb. 01 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Rev Dr James George Hargreaves v 1) Evolve Housing and Support 2) Mr Simon McGrath: [2023] EAT 154
Document: Rev Dr James George Hargreaves v 1) Evolve Housing and Support 2) Mr Simon McGrath: [2023] EAT 154 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: He relies upon the dicta of Lord Steyn in Anyanwu v South Bank Student Union [2001] UKHL 14 [ 24]:

Dec. 05 2023
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Ms A Alhayali: [2023] EAT 149
Document: The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Ms A Alhayali [2023] EAT 149 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: it seems to me that the argument is de prived of much force by this passage in the opinion of Lord Steyn

Sep. 01 2023
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: IMPACT CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2023] UKUT 00215 (TCC)
Document: Impact Contracting Solutions final decision (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: in which deregistration can occur on the basis of Ablessio , and the consequences where a 6 Lord Steyn

Jul. 14 2023
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Aspect Windows (Western) Ltd v Adam Retter ( as representative of the estate of Mrs C McCrorie) [2023] EAT 95
Document: Aspect Windows (Western) Ltd -v-Adam Retter ( as representative of the estate of Mrs C McCrorie) [2023] EAT 95 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: In Lawal v Northern Spirit L td [2003] UKHL 35; [2003] ICR 856 at [14], Lord Steyn observed , commen



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Oct. 14 2025
Environment Agency
Source Page: CW5 6DB, Nick Brookes: Appeal Reference APP/EPR/684
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: –23 (contracts), Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749 per Lord Steyn

Nov. 29 2024
Planning Inspectorate
Source Page: Redetermination of Section 62A Planning Application: S62A/2023/0019 Land to the north of Roseacres, between Parsonage Road and Smiths Green Lane, Takeley, Essex, CM22 6NZ (Land known as Bull Field, Warish Hall Farm, Takeley, Essex)
Document: Appendix H - The Status and Legal Effect of a Quashed Appeal Decision in Planning Law (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: only: 119 “It seems to me that there is an area, admittedly ill -defined but left open by Lord Steyn



Deposited Papers
Thursday 10th July 2025

Source Page: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts Part 1. Incl. annexes. [Review by Sir Brian Leveson]. 388p.
Document: Independent_Review_of_the_Criminal_Courts_-_Part_1.pdf (PDF)

Found: Lord Steyn acknowledged its constitutional significance (para. 7) and Lord Hope spoke of the ‘right

Friday 20th June 2025
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: I. Letter dated 13/05/2025 from Lord Timpson to Peers regarding the appropriateness of the term ‘personal characteristics', as discussed during the Second Reading of the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill. 3p. II. Letter dated 27/05/2025 from Lord Timpson to Lord Beith, Lord Thomas of Gresford and Lord Bishop of Gloucester regarding questions raised during the Committee stage of the Bill. 2p. III. Letter dated 19/06/2025 from Lord Timpson to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding 2 letters for deposit in the House librraies. 1p.
Document: Sentencing_Guidelines_Bill_-_All_Peers_-_Characteristics_-_as_sent.docx (webpage)

Found: (see R (on the application of S) v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [2004] UKHL 39 at 50 per Lord Steyn

Friday 13th June 2025
Home Office
Source Page: 1. Letter dated 10/06/2025 from Diana Johnson MP to Matt Vickers MP regarding the government amendments tabled for the Report stage of the Crime and Policing Bill. Incl annex detailing further amendments to the existing provisions in the Bill. 12p. II. Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage government amendments. 96p. III. Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum. 18p. IV. European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): Third Supplementary Memorandum by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. 16p.
Document: Third_Supplementary_ECHR_Memorandum.pdf (PDF)

Found: and victims of child sexual abuse 10 R v Benjafield [2002] UKHL 2, [2003] 1 AC at para 8, per Lord Steyn

Friday 15th December 2023
Scotland Office
Source Page: I. Judgement of the Court of Session. Opinion of Lady Haldane in the petition, the Scottish Ministers for judicial review of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (Prohibition on Submission for Royal Assent) Order 2023 made and laid before the UK Parliament by the Secretary of State (under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998) on 17 Jan 2023. 65p. II. Answers for Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC, the Advocate General for Scotland, for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland to the petition of the Scottish Ministers. 24p. III. Note of argument for Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC, the Advocate General for Scotland, for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland, to the Scottish Ministers. 17p.
Document: Scotland_Office_Court_of_Session_Judgment_11_December_2023.pdf (PDF)

Found: To much the same effect, Lord Steyn said, at p 591, that ‘ Unless there is the clearest provision




Lord Steyn mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 6th August 2025
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence received by the First Minister regarding single sex spaces: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500466121 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: limited to the context of the legislation and the mischief to which its provisions are aimed: see Lord Steyn