This document discusses the grounds for judicial review based on procedural impropriety, specifically breach of express statutory requirements and breach of fair procedure. It notes two subcategories of breach of fair procedure - the rule against bias, and the right to a fair hearing. The right to a fair hearing includes the rights to know the case against you, have sufficient time to prepare, and exceptions related to public interest and national security. The document also discusses proportionality in judicial review and the effect of the Human Rights Act of 1998.
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(III) PROCEDURAL IMPROPRIETY
Divided into two categories;
(a) Breach of Express Statutory Requirements
(b) Breach of Fair Procedure
Note limits of the Courts role here (nb Ward v.
Bradford Corporation (1971) 70 LGR 27.)
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(a) Breach of Express Statutory Requirements
Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry Industry
Training Board v. Aylesbury Mushrooms [1972] 1 All
ER 280.
R v. Brent LBC ex p Gunning (1985) 84 LGR 168.
R v. S of S for Social Services ex p AMA [1986] 1 All
ER 164
Consequences of failure to comply??
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(b) Breach of Fair Procedure
Two sub-categories
(i) The Rule Against Bias
NB : R v. Sussex Justices ex p McCarthy [1924] 1 KB
256, 259 per Lord Hewart CJ:
"It is not merely of some importance but of
fundamental importance that justice should not only
be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be
seen to be done."
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NB no actual bias need be shown.
R v. Gough [1993] 2 All ER 724.
R v. Inner West London Coroner ex p Dallaglio [1994]
4 All ER 139.
R v. Bow Street Stipendiary Magistrate and ors ex p
Pinochet Ugarte [1999] 1 All ER 577
Locobail (UK) Ltd v. Bayfield Properties Ltd (2000) QB
451
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(ii) The Right to a Fair Hearing
Ridge v. Baldwin [1964] AC 40
What is a fair hearing?
The person must know the case against him - Kanda
v. Government of Malaya [1962] AC 322.
He must have sufficient time to prepare his own case R v. Thames Magistrates' Court ex p Polemis [1974] 1
WLR 1371
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Exceptions to this rule:
Public Interest : R v. Gaming Board for Great Britain
ex p Benaim and Khaida [1970] 2 All ER 528.
National Security : R v. S of S for the Home
Department ex p Hosenball [1977] 3 All ER 452, R v.
S of S for the Home Department ex p Cheblak [1991]
2 All ER 319.
Note the difference between the exceptions.
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Should the person be legally represented? - Pitt v.
Greyhound Association of Great Britain [1968] 2
All ER 545, R v. S of S for the Home Department
ex p Tarrant [1985] QB 251.
Should the Public Body be required to give
reasons for its decision? Payne v. Harris [1982] 2
All ER 842., R v. Civil Service Appeal Board ex p
Cunningham [1991] 4 All ER 310,Doody v. S of S
for the Home Department [1993] 3 All ER 92
Why shouldnt public bodies give reasons for their
decisions?
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PROPORTIONALITY
R v. S of S for the Home Department ex p
Brind [1991] 1 All ER 720
R v. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
ex p Hook [1976] 1 WLR 102.
See now The effect of the Human Rights Act
1998.
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The Human Rights Act 1998
R v. S of S for the Home Department ex
p Daly [2001] UKHL 26
Conclusion.
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The Human Rights Act 1998
R v. S of S for the Home Department ex
p Daly [2001] UKHL 26
Conclusion.