英國最高法院周四首次進行閉門審訊，案件涉及一間伊朗銀行。

9人法官小組認為這次閉門審訊「絕對必須」，儘管最資深的法官指出大多數人都「很勉強」作出這個決定。

涉案銀行Bank Mellat希望推翻英國財政部2009年的命令，因為它涉嫌資助德黑蘭政府引起爭議的核計劃，而被禁在英國經營業務。

The supreme court went into secret session for the first time ever on Thursday to hear sensitive intelligence about a Tehran bank accused of participating in Iran's nuclear weapons programme.

Before a live television broadcast shut down, Lord Neuberger, president of the court, declared the ruling had been taken "with great reluctance" by a majority of the nine justices hearing the appeal by Bank Mellat.

The decision to hold what is known as a "closed material procedure" (CMP) – in which claimants are prevented from discovering the security evidence against them – was made after lawyers for the Treasury urged the justices to read a secret judgment from a lower court.

Neither the House of Lords not the supreme court has ever held a CMP before to read a secret judgment or hear secret evidence since such procedures began in specialist immigration and security tribunals more than 10 years ago.

The supreme court, Neuberger has said, occupies a particular place in the constitution "where all judgments should be open and be available to be seen". Unlike the lower courts, it deals with matters of broader principle.

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