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19.06.15
Confiscation relates to trial on indictment
In Crown Prosecution Service v Croydon Crown Court [2015] the Divisional Court ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear an application for judicial review of the decision of a Crown Court judge to refuse to extend time to hear confiscation proceedings. The Crown Court’s administration of confiscation proceedings clearly related to trial on indictment and…
Read more19.05.15
Defence costs regime challenge fails
Sticking with the question of defence costs, the Divisional Court in R (Aiden) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 130 concerned an ambitious application for judicial review of the new Crown Court defence costs regime on human rights grounds. The position was the the Applicant had been tried and acquitted of ABH but…
Read more24.03.13
High Court rules TFL ban on homophobic bus advert not unlawful
Mrs Justice Lang has handed down judgment in the case of Core Issues Trust v TFL [2013] EWHC 651 (Admin). The Claimant had sought judicial review of TFL (Transport For London)’s decision to ban an advert from London buses. The advert in question, commissioned by the Christian charity Anglican Mainstream on behalf of the Claimant, read NOT GAY! EX-GAY, POsT-GAY AND PROUD. GET…
Read more21.11.12
Government seeks to curb judicial review
The Ministry of Justice has announced that it plans to reform the judicial review process in order to reduce “weak or ill-conceived cases” and ease the burden on the courts. Judicial review is the process by which individuals can apply to the Administrative Court to review the decision of a public body on the grounds of…
Read more10.08.12
Cash forfeiture decision irrational
In Wiese v UK Border Agency [2012] EWHC 2019 the subject of the judicial review was the decision of District Judge snow at Westminster Magistrates Court to order the forfeiture of the sum of £674,920 from the Appellant which had been seized in cash at London City Airport. It was not disputed by the Respondent that the…
Read more2.07.12
Police bail condition 'disproportionate'
In R (on the application of Carson) v Ealing Magistrates Court [2012] EWHC 1456 the High Court was asked to consider whether the imposition of a police bail condition preventing a suspect from living at her home was lawful. The applicant was being investigated under suspicion of the racially aggravated harassment of her neighbours. On application, the…
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