Administrative law

Advise Lord Edge Hill and the residents of Naseby Avenue.

Judicial review is the means by which courts review the legality of a decision. It is exclusively designed to challenge the decisions of public bodies. In the GCHQ case, Lord Diplock classified the grounds for judicial review under three broad principles, these being ‘illegality, irrationality (or unreasonableness) and procedural impropriety’.

Residents of Naseby Street

The residents can seek judicial review for the local authority’s decision not to fund their street party.

The council announced that it would make funds available to support functions within the borough. The funds would be made available under statutory powers to make grants for public celebrations. An official in the recreational department told the organisers of the street party that the council would fund their party. The organisers submitted an application form for the funding. After the plans for the party were well advanced the organ...