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Judicial Review of Local Government Reorganisation

21 July 2026

As the government pushes ahead with the biggest overhaul of local government in a generation, a growing list of councils, including Essex, Norfolk, Hampshire and Suffolk, are testing whether the courts will intervene. Our experts, Simon Kiely, Olivia Peake and Oliver Dickie go through what you need to know. Background In December 2024, the government... Read more

Judicial Review of Sports Governing Bodies

26 May 2026

George McLellan, Jack Trevella and Oliver Dickie consider whether sports governing bodies should be amenable to judicial review. In 1993, the Court of Appeal rejected a claim for judicial review against the Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club on the basis that the Jockey Club was not amenable to judicial review.[1] Sir Thomas Bingham MR... Read more

The Meaning and Application of “Freedom of Speech” Within the Law

29 April 2026

The Administrative Court has handed down judgment in R(oao The University of Sussex) v The Office for Students [2026] EWHC 984 (Admin). This was an application for Judicial Review of the decision of the Office for Students that the University of Sussex was in breach of two registration conditions, and to fine the University in... Read more

Why I Wanted to Explore Intensity of Review Across the UK and New Zealand

19 March 2026

Author: Jack Trevella As an Associate at Sharpe Pritchard (the firm that represented the Wednesbury Corporation in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp) it is somewhat hard to avoid the doctrine of reasonableness. However, the more experience I gained practising in administrative law in the United Kingdom, the more it struck me as curious... Read more

Scope of Judicial Review in a Contractual Context

12 January 2026

On 29 August 2025, the High Court handed down its judgment in R (Rydon Group Holdings Ltd) v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2025] EWHC 2182 (Admin), a judicial review claim brought by a developer relating to the building safety crisis that followed the Grenfell Tower fire. The Court found the…

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