Enforcement (AQA A-Level Law): Flashcards
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Judicial review definition
Judicial review definition
Legal process to challenge public body decisions for lawfulness
Court that hears judicial review cases
Court that hears judicial review cases
Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
Three grounds for judicial review
Three grounds for judicial review
Illegality, irrationality, and irregularity
Illegality in judicial review
Illegality in judicial review
Public body acts beyond its legal powers (ultra vires)
Irrationality in judicial review
Irrationality in judicial review
Decision so unreasonable no reasonable body would make it
Procedural irregularity in judicial review
Procedural irregularity in judicial review
Public body fails to follow correct procedure
Prohibition remedy
Prohibition remedy
Prevents public body from continuing with unlawful decision
Certiorari remedy
Certiorari remedy
Quashes/cancels a decision already made by public body
Mandamus remedy
Mandamus remedy
Compels public body to perform a duty it failed to do
Wednesbury case (1948) established
Wednesbury case (1948) established
Test for unreasonableness: decision no reasonable body could make