Neutral Citation Number: [2015] EWHC 2092 (Admin) Case No: CO/3665/2014, CO/3667/2014, CO/3794/2014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION DIVISIONAL COURT Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 17/07/2015 Before : LORD JUSTICE BEAN and MR JUSTICE COLLINS --------------------Between : THE QUEEN on the application of (1) DAVID DAVIS MP (2) TOM WATSON MP (3) PETER BRICE (4) GEOFFREY LEWIS -vTHE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT -and OPEN RIGHTS GROUP PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL THE LAW SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES Claimants Defendant Interveners Dinah Rose QC, Ben Jaffey and Iain Steele (instructed by Liberty) for the Claimants Mr Davis and Mr Watson Richard Drabble QC, Ramby de Mello, Azeem Suterwalla and James Dixon (instructed by Bhatia Best) for the Claimants Mr Brice and Mr Lewis James Eadie QC, Daniel Beard QC and Sarah Ford (instructed by Government Legal Department) for the Defendant Jessica Simor QC and Ravi Mehta (instructed by Deighton Pierce Glynn) for Open Rights Group and Privacy International, intervening by way of written submissions Tom Hickman (instructed by Legal Services Department, the Law Society) for The Law Society of England and Wales, intervening by way of written submissions Hearing dates : 4-5 June and 9 July 2015 ---------------------