| 1 | Judicial review: a quick guide A quick guide to judicial review, including who can apply for a review, what decisions can be reviewed and the remedies which may be granted. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Judicial review: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on judicial review. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Public body decision-making and challenges to decision ... A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on public body decision-making and challenges to decision-making, including links to all the relevant materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | A practical guide to the judicial review procedure This practice note provides practical guidance on the procedural aspects of bringing judicial review claims. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Alternative dispute resolution and judicial review proceedings This note addresses the role of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the context of the public sector and judicial review proceedings, and the relationship between ADR and the government's Dispute Resolution Commitment (DRC). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | An introduction to judicial review This practice note provides an introduction to the substantive law relating to judicial review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Breach of EU law as a basis for relief in judicial review ... This note considers the situations in which EU law can be invoked in judicial review proceedings, and the impact that general principles of EU law can have on judicial review procedure. It also raises the question of when and whether a court should make an Article 267 reference to the ECJ, and considers the circumstances in which liability for Francovich damages may arise. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Damages in judicial review This practice note explains when an individual may claim damages in a judicial review challenging the lawfulness of a public body's action. It discusses the procedural issues that may arise in such a claim and the approach that the Administrative Court may take. Although there is currently no right in law to compensate indviduals who have sustained a loss because of the unlawful administrative actions of a public body, the note discusses the consultation proposals for reform that were put forward (but not pursued) by the Law Commission. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Decision-making by public bodies: avoiding legal challenge A practical guide to the substantive law relating to decision-making by public bodies. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Disclosure in judicial review The duties of disclosure in claims for judicial review are discussed in this note. In particular, the note covers the: Traditional approach to disclosure in judicial review, including the duty of candour. Approach to disclosure, following the decision in Tweed v Parades Commission for Northern Ireland [2006] UKHL 53. Defendant's approach to disclosure. Claimant's approach to disclosure. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Duty to consult: when does it arise and what does it entail? A note on the public sector duty to consult that primarily focuses on relevant cases where consultation processes have been challenged and provides guidance on: A public authority's duty to act fairly in the exercise of their functions. The likely approach that the courts may take when dealing with a consultation challenge. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Duty to give reasons A note on the increasing trend in common law for decision-makers to give reasons, although there is not a general right for reasons to be given in administrative law decisions. The note discusses the cases in which the courts have imposed a duty to give reasons on a decision-maker, which are based on the public law proposition that decision-makers must act fairly, rationally and for proper law purposes. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Environmental judicial review A note on environmental judicial review, including common grounds of challenge, remedies and a summary of practice and procedure. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Judicial review and public procurement A practice note covering the circumstances when a challenge to a recent or imminent procurement decision can be made by way of a claim for judicial review under Part 54 of the Civil Procedure Rules instead of a claim under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/5). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Legitimate expectations A note on the public law concept of legitimate expectation and the factors that may give rise to a legitimate expectation. The note also sets out the issues which the court may take into account when deciding whether a public body has abused its position by frustrating a claimant's legitimate expectation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Local government: appointment of members and officers to ... A note on local authorities' powers to appoint members and officers to external organisations, and the implications of their participation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Proportionality: what does it mean and when does it need to ... A note on the principles and development of the doctrine of proportionality and the standard of review applied by the courts when determining public law claims. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Public sector equality duty toolkit A toolkit with links to PLC materials dealing with the public sector equality duty (PSED) under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and the specific duties set out in section 153 of the Equality Act 2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Urgent judicial review applications This note looks at the Administrative Court procedures that are in place for a claimant who needs an application for permission for judicial review to be considered urgently or wants to apply for interim relief, for example, to prevent a public authority from acting on the decision that is being challenged. It also includes information on making an emergency out of hours application. | Practice notes | Maintained |