Judicial Review Handbook

The Hon Sir Michael Fordham is a High Court Judge. Prior to that he was a leading public law barrister at the Bar of England and Wales

I strongly endorsed previous editions of this most valuable Handbook and I have no hesitation inconfirming that the 8th edition is of the same high standard.

• JUIDICAL REVIEW HANDBOOK: A DETAILED GUIDE TO THE LAW AND PRACTICEA. THE NATURE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW: keys to understanding what the Court is doing P1 A Constitutional Guarantee P2 Supervisory Jurisdiction P3 Procedural Rigour & Flexibility P4 Materiality P5 Targets P6 Sources P7 Constitutional Fundamentals P8 International Law P9 The HRA P10 Candour & Cooperation P11 Precedent & Authority P12 Reviewing Primary Legislation P13 Judicial Restraint P14 Critical Balance P15 The Forbidden Method P16 Hard-edged Questions P17 Evidence & Fact P18 Costs P19 The Claim Stage P20 Interim RemedyP21 The Permission Stage P22 The Substantive Stage P23 Appeal P24 Remedies P25 Monetary Remedies B. PARAMETERS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW: further dominant themes shaping the law and practice P26 Delay P27 Public/Private Law P28 Ouster P29 Interpretation P30 Function P31 Context P32 Modified Review P33 Flux P34 ReviewabilityP35 Principle of Legality P36 Alternative Remedy P37 Proportionality Method P38 Standing P39 Discretion/Duty P40 Inalienability P41 Legitimate Expectation P42 Onus P43 Severance P44 NullityC. GROUNDS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW: public law errors justifying the Court’s intervention P45 Classifying Grounds P46 Ultra Vires P47 Jurisdictional Error P48 Error of Law P49 Error of Fact P50 Abdication/Fetter P51 Insufficient Inquiry P52 Bad Faith/Improper Motive P53 Frustrating the Legislative Purpose P54 Substantive Unfairness P55 Consistency/Equal Treatment P56 Relevancy/Irrelevancy P57 Unreasonableness P58 Proportionality P59 HRA Violation P60 Unconstitutionality P61 Procedural Unfairness P62 Consultation P63 Bias P64 Reasons P65 External Vitiation