Assertion: prerogative | /r/CapableOf | occupy the field
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text: ; that statutes giving effect to rights derived from international law are for that reason merely ‘subsidiary’ and liable to be rendered ‘otiose’ through prerogative action; were we to accept that the prerogative may only frustrate a statutory purpose if that statute has already ‘occupied the field’, thus conflating two important principles and misreading a leading case in order to do so; were we to accept these things, then in my view, we could cause real damage to the progress our public law has made over many years in bringing the prerogative –