Controlul judiciar
Contestarea deciziilor organismelor publice, motive de control și remedii.
Introducere
Controlul judiciar permite instanțelor să supravegheze legalitatea deciziilor organismelor publice.
Principii fundamentale
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]).
Statute cheie
Senior Courts Act 1981
Human Rights Act 1998
Cazuri de referință
Scenarii comune
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.