Matalulu v Director of Public Prosecutions: 2003

(Supreme Court of Fiji) The court considered the nature of judicial control (if any) over decisions by authorities to commence prosecutions and said: ‘the polycentric character of official decision-making in such matters including policy and public interest considerations which are not susceptible of judicial review because it is within neither the constitutional function nor the practical competence of the courts to assess their merits’.

Citations:

[2003] 4 LRC 712

Jurisdiction:

Commonwealth

Cited by:

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Constitutional

Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.276256