Revisión judicial
Impugnación de decisiones de organismos públicos, motivos y recursos.
Introducción
La revisión judicial permite a los tribunales supervisar la legalidad de las decisiones de organismos públicos.
Principios fundamentales
Three Grounds — Illegality, irrationality, and procedural impropriety (GCHQ [1985]).
Proportionality — Applied where fundamental rights are engaged (post-HRA 1998).
Standing — The applicant must have 'sufficient interest' (s.31(3) Senior Courts Act 1981).
Permission Stage — Claims must be arguable and brought within 3 months.
Remedies — Quashing orders, mandatory orders, prohibiting orders, declarations, injunctions.
Ouster Clauses — Courts resist attempts to exclude judicial review (Anisminic [1969]).
Leyes clave
Senior Courts Act 1981
Human Rights Act 1998
Casos principales
Escenarios comunes
Council refuses planning permission unreasonably
If irrational or failing to consider material factors, judicial review may succeed. Planning JR must be issued within 6 weeks.