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Informants and the Justice and Security Act 2013: when government hoists the neither confirm, nor deny flag, the court should not automatically salute it

The Court of Appeal in McGartland v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 686 has recently considered procedural issues arising out of a civil claim brought by the well-known informant Martin “Marty” McGartland against the Security Service for...

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