Judicial Review

Constitutional Law: Understanding the UK's constitution and its principles, such as the separation of powers, supremacy of parliament, the rule of law and the role of the judiciary.

Judicial Power: Understanding the authority and role of the judiciary in interpreting and applying the law in relation to public law cases.

Statutory Interpretation: Understanding the principles and methods used to interpret statutes, which form the basis for public law challenges.

Human Rights: Understanding the role of the European Convention on Human Rights and its impact on UK law, including the Human Rights Act 1998.

Grounds for Judicial Review: Understanding the various grounds for challenging the legality of government decisions, including procedural impropriety, illegality and irrationality.

Principles of Standing: Understanding who has the right to bring a judicial review claim and under what circumstances.

Remedies: Understanding the various remedies that can be granted by a court in response to a judicial review claim, such as damages or injunctions.

Public Interest Immunity: Understanding the rules surrounding the use of sensitive or confidential information in judicial review cases.

Appeals and Judicial Review: Understanding the principles and procedures for appealing judicial review decisions to higher courts.

Administrative Law: Understanding the general principles of administrative law, including the legal framework for government decision-making and the role of administrative tribunals.

Environmental Law: Understanding the various principles and rules of environmental law and how they can be invoked in judicial review cases.

Constitutional Reform: Understanding the ongoing debates around constitutional reform in the UK and how they relate to judicial review.

European Law: Understanding the role of EU law and the European Court of Justice in judicial review cases, particularly in relation to challenges to government decisions that are based on EU law.

Standard of review: This determines the level of scrutiny a court will apply when examining a decision or action by a public authority.

Grounds of review: This refers to the legal tests or criteria used to determine whether a decision or action by a public authority is legal or not. These grounds may include procedural fairness, reasonableness, proportionality, or natural justice.

Remedies: This refers to the legal actions or orders that a court can make as a result of its judicial review. These may include setting aside a decision, quashing an order or direction, ordering a new decision or direction, or awarding damages.

Deference: This is the degree of respect and deference given by a court to the expertise and decision-making of a public authority.

Constitutional review: This involves the review of the constitutionality of a law or legislative action by a court.

Statutory review: This refers to the review of a decision or action by a public authority based on the interpretation of a particular statute or law.

Procedural review: This involves the review of the procedures followed by a public authority in making a decision or taking an action.

Substantive review: This refers to the review of the content, reasoning, and outcome of a decision or action by a public authority.

Merits review: This involves the review of the factual findings and substantive elements of a decision or action by a public authority.

Human rights review: This involves the review of a decision or action by a public authority to determine whether it violates human rights or constitutional protections.