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judicial review

A petition to the High Court in the UK asking it to examine and consider the review of a decision made by a public body.

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G25 also highlighted that the High Court decided that the challenge involved Shariah law and should be heard at the Shariah courts and that the Shariah courts have the exclusive jurisdiction to decide on the challenge that was mounted via a judicial review application.

G25: Ruling in SIS fatwa case a big step backwards, contradicts Federal Court's decision

The substantive law of judicial review of administrative action has grown in leaps and bounds in recent decades.

UPDATING THE PROCEDURAL LAW OF JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION

CONTENTS I Introduction II The Indeterminacy of 'Publicness' III The Fluidity of 'judicial Review' IV Is the Classification of Judicial Review as a Branch of Public Law an Epistemological Imperative?

JUDICIAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC LAW: CHALLENGING THE PRECONCEPTIONS OF A TROUBLED TAXONOMY

He has said judicial review cases against public bodies in Wales will hit their peak in 2015.

Councils warned over judicial reviews

A planning application for the generator on a farm near Berwick has twice previously been approved by Northumberland County Council, only for that approval to be quashed following judicial review.

Planning row in court for third time

Solicitor Michael Imperato, who specialises in public service judicial review cases, said: "I've consulted with senior members of the community in Tenby and it sounds like they have a good case for a judicial review.

Hospital campaigners consider challenge to injury unit closure

Clearly, both the public and the courts need a mechanism for holding the executive to account, and a judicial review provides that.

Government own goal on legal appeals

EUR2.6m cost of successful judicial reviews in 2008

OUTRAGE AT EUR2.8M ASYLUM APPEALS BILL; Refugee tribunal a 'cash cow for lawyers'

Last year, the three filed judicial reviews to the Supreme Court, questioning the use of a governmental antiterrorism regulation to take legal proceedings against them.

Indonesian court rejects judicial reviews of Bali bombers

If the judicial review goes in favour of Wiggins, the judge will probably order the matter to revert to Prescott for reconsideration.

London track set for judicial review in the High Court

The Pakatan administration under PKR, DAP and PAS introduced Section 66A to the Selangor Islamic Administration Enactment 2003 in 2015, which stated that the Shariah High Court would have the jurisdiction, upon the application of any individual, to hear judicial review applications on decisions made by any council or committee that carries out their duties under the state Islamic laws.

Lawyers' group wants Shariah courts to have judicial review powers

He said the Government planned to make it more difficult to bring judicial reviews to court by restricting legal aid for reviews and introducing a new fee to challenge a ruling by a judge that a case is "totally without merit".