The Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division) 23 May 2014, [2014] EWCA Civ 708 (R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs)

Judgment Master of the Rolls: This is the judgment of the court to which each member has contributed. This appeal is a further chapter in the history of litigation arising out of the removal and subsequent exclusion of the native population from the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory (“BIOT”).