Judicial Review is not part of a vast left wing conspiracy – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 9th, 2013 in consultations, judicial review, lord chancellor, news, rule of law, statistics by tracey

“The second salvo in the Government’s war against Judicial Review was launched last week. At least, that is what you may think after reading the Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling’s fire-breathing op-ed in the Daily Mail, in which he gets within a whisker of saying Judicial Review was invented by Karl Marx to ferment socialist revolution.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 9th September 2013

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Judicial Review and Legal Aid under threat… and a Human Rights Birthday – The Human Rights Roundup – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 9th, 2013 in human rights, judicial review, legal aid, news, solicitors by tracey

“Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular Olympic opening ceremony of human rights news and views.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 8th September 2013

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EDL loses Tower Hamlets march route High Court case – BBC News

Posted September 9th, 2013 in demonstrations, freedom of expression, judicial review, news, public order by tracey

“Leaders of the far-right group the English Defence League have lost a
High Court fight for the right to demonstrate in an area of east London.”

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BBC News, 7th September 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Councils seeks judicial review of mayor’s rent plan – BBC News

Posted September 9th, 2013 in housing, judicial review, local government, news, rent by tracey

“Four councils are taking legal advice to challenge Mayor Boris Johnson’s decision by which affordable rents can be set at up to 80% of market prices.”

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BBC News, 8th September 2013

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Beware Kite-Flyers – Stephen Sedley – London Review of Books

Posted September 4th, 2013 in constitutional law, judicial review, news by sally

“Writers on the British constitution have always faced the problem that, contrary to what Mr Podsnap thought, it cannot simply be held up to the light and admired. The constitution is simultaneously a description of how, for the moment, we are governed and a prescriptive account of how we ought to be governed. In both respects (the former much more than the latter) it undergoes constant change; and there are concerns, highlighted by the radical changes currently being made to the legal aid system, that the process may be accelerating into a critical and damaging phase.”

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London Review of Books, 12th September 2013

Source: www.lrb.co.uk

Richard III and Judicial Review – Sovereign Chambers

Posted September 3rd, 2013 in burials and cremation, judicial review, news, royal family by sally

“There is a row about the bones of the late King Richard III. Or to be precise, where those bones should be reinterred. As is widely known, they were discovered, remarkably intact, buried beneath what is was now a car park for the Social Services Department for Leicester Council. It had previously been part of the graveyard of a Gray Friars Church, I believe, and Richard’s naked body was flung in to a grave after he had died defending his crown at the Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August 1485. All the evidence, including the skeleton itself with its curvature of the spine (scoliosis, not a hunchback, by the way – a Tudor slur, possibly one of many), the manner and cause of death (see below) and now DNA tests via the line of Richard’s relatives which still survive, prove beyond reasonable doubt that the body is that of the King.”

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Sovereign Chambers, 28th August 2013

Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk

Costs of Third Party Interveners in Regulatory Proceedings – Littleton Chambers

Posted September 3rd, 2013 in costs, health & safety, judicial review, news, third parties by sally

“The issue of the costs of third party interveners in judicial review proceedings was dealt with recently in the case of R (Peel Investments) v Health and Safety Executive [2013] EWHC 1012 (Admin), [2013] Env. L.R. D6. Peel involved a novel application of established principles on costs that will be of interest to all those advising commercial bodies in regulated industries in respect of intervening in judicial review proceedings.”

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Littleton Chambers, 22nd August 2013

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Regina (Cherkley Campaign Ltd) v Mole Valley District Council – WLR Daily

Regina (Cherkley Campaign Ltd) v Mole Valley District Council [2013] EWHC 2582 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 340

“A direction given by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 saving specified policies had the effect of also preserving supporting text including the reasoned justification for each policy and descriptive or explanatory material.”

WLR Daily, 22nd August 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Ignaoua) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted September 2nd, 2013 in appeals, immigration, judicial review, law reports, public interest, terrorism by sally

Regina (Ignaoua) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2512 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 338

“The Secretary of State was entitled to use the new certification provisions in sections 2C of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997, as inserted by section 15 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, to terminate existing judicial review proceedings in which she was herself a party.”

WLR Daily, 9th August 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BSB hopes JR will close floodgates on costs – Legal Futures

“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is to judicially review (JR) a disciplinary tribunal decision ordering that an acquitted barrister who represented herself be paid £27,500 in costs, fearing that if it went unchallenged similar claims could follow.”

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Legal Futures, 27th August 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Landmark planning judgment holes golf course plan – Law Society’s Gazette

“Green-belt campaigners have successfully challenged a scheme to turn the former home of press baron Lord Beaverbrook into a hotel and golf course, with a judgment that ‘engages the fundamentals of planning law’.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd August 2013

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They paved Plantagenet ‘n put up a parking lot – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 23rd, 2013 in burials and cremation, consultations, judicial review, news, royal family by sally

“The judge gave the Allliance permission to seek judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision about re-burial. But I question the result – does the Alliance really have a legal right to be consulted about where Richard III is to be re-buried?”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd August 2013

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David Miranda detention: Lawyers seek judicial review – BBC News

“Lawyers representing a Brazilian man detained at Heathrow airport have begun judicial review proceedings against the Home Office and the police.”

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BBC News, 22nd August 2013

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Twitter Trolls, Tribunal Online (Finally), Don’t go Home – The Human Rights Roundup – UK Human Rights Blog

“This week, judicial review continued to take a beating, the Home Office backed down over their ‘Go Home’ campaign and the legal implications behind the twitter threat debacle were considered. And, finally, the immigration and asylum tribunal launched a useful online search service.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 19th August 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Richard III: King’s reburial row goes to judicial review – BBC News

Posted August 16th, 2013 in burials and cremation, judicial review, news, royal family by tracey

“Distant relatives of Richard III have been granted permission for a judicial review of the decision to rebury the king’s remains in Leicester.”

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BBC News, 16th August 2013

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Regina (Nash) v Barnet London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Regina (Nash) v Barnet London Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1004; [2013] WLR (D) 335

“A local authority’s duty to consult under section 3(2) of the Local Government Act 1999 arose at a formative stage of the relevant process when the authority made arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the way in which its functions were exercised within section 3(1) of the Act. For the purposes of CPR r 54.5, a judicial review claim challenging the authority’s lack of consultation had to be brought within three months of the date when the grounds to make the claim had first arisen. That was the date the defendant authority had taken the decision to enter the procurement process for outsourcing, and since the claim had not been issued until the decision to enter into the contracts had been taken, it was out of time.”

WLR Daily, 2nd August 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Azelle Rodney death: Met to support police marksman’s legal challenge – The Guardian

Posted August 14th, 2013 in judicial review, news, police, reports, unlawful killing by sally

“Scotland Yard has announced it will support a legal challenge by one of its firearms officers attempting to overturn an official ruling that he unlawfully shot and killed a suspect.”

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The Guardian, 13th August 2013

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Judicial review proceedings may be terminated by government – UK Human Rights Blog

“The Government’s termination of existing judicial review proceedings via certification under the Justice and Security Act was ‘troubling’ but lawful. Parliament’s intention was clear, even though there were no new rules in force yet.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 12th August 2013

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When is Judicial Review Available as a Remedy in Relation to Housing Benefit Issues Where There are Possession Proceedings for Rent Arrears? – Garden Court Chambers Blog

Posted August 13th, 2013 in benefits, housing, judicial review, legal aid, news, repossession, social security by sally

“Desmond Rutledge considers the scenarios in which judicial review is available as a solution to certain housing benefit issues and provides specific examples of housing benefit decisions that are susceptible to judicial review.”

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Garden Court Chambers Blog, 13th August 2013

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London fire cuts: Councils to seek judicial review – BBC News

Posted August 12th, 2013 in budgets, fire services, judicial review, local government, London, news by sally

“A group of London councils is preparing to take legal action over the decision to shut 10 fire stations as part of plans to make £28.8m savings.”

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BBC News, 10th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk