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Supreme court overturns freeze on assets of terror suspects Highest court rules that orders by Treasury under Gordon Brown should not have been made without parliamentary voteThe government promised new "fast-track legislation" after the supreme court today overturned a Treasury assets freeze on suspected terrorists.A panel of seven justices allowed a challenge by five men who had all their assets frozen under orders made when Gordon Brown was chancellor of the exchequer.The 2006 orders were in response to UN security council resolutions calling for steps to be taken to hit the financing of international terrorism. But the orders were not voted on in parliament.Today, the supreme court ruled the Treasury had exceeded its powers and the orders were unlawful.The justices declared that if the government considered "far-reaching measures" were necessary to combat terrorism, "it must first obtain approval for them from parliament".Later a Treasury spokesman said: "The government is committed to maintaining an effective, proportionate and fair terrorist asset-freezing regime that meets our UN obligations, protects national security by disrupting flows of terrorist finance, and safeguards human rights."It's important to be clear that this ruling does not challenge the UK's obligations under the UN charter to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists, which we will continue to meet."We will introduce fast-track legislation to ensure there is no disruption to our terrorist asset freezing powers."The five men originally won their challenge in the high court, but this was overturned in the court of appeal, then restored today by a panel of seven supreme court justices.The judges said the Treasury had exceeded its powers in making orders that "interfere so profoundly with individuals' fundamental rights without parliamentary scrutiny".The supreme court justices said that if the government considered "far-reaching measures" were necessary to combat terrorism "it must first obtain approval for them from parliament".Lord Hope said: "Even in the face of the threat of international terrorism, the safety of the people is not the supreme law."We must be just as careful to guard against unrestrained encroachments on personal liberty."Lord Phillips, the president of the court, said: "Nobody should conclude that the result of these appeals constitutes judicial interference with the will of parliament."On the contrary, it upholds the supremacy of parliament in deciding whether or not measures should be imposed that affect the fundamental rights of those in this country."Terrorism policyUK security and terrorismHuman rightsLawGordon Brownguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |