Lord Templeman said: ‘Judicial review does not issue merely because a decision maker has made a mistake and it is not permissible to probe the advice received by the decision maker or to require particulars or administer interrogatories or, as Mr Pollock on behalf of TSW suggested, to cross-examine in order to discover the existence of a mistake by the decision maker or the advisers to the decision makers. An applicant for judicial review must show more than a mistake on the part of the decision maker or his advisers. Where a decision is made in good faith following a proper procedure and as a result of conscientious consideration, an applicant for judicial review is not entitled to relief save on the grounds established by Lord Greene MR in Associated Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp [1948] 1 KB 223 at 229.’
Judges:
Lord Templeman
Citations:
[1994] 2 LRC 414
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Wildman, Regina (on the Application of) v The Office of Communications Admn 25-Jul-2005
The claimant sought judicial review of an order quashing the decision of the Office of Communications to refuse a radio licence.
Held: The court should be very cautious before quashing a decision as to the allocation of broadcasting licences. . .
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Judicial Review, Media
Updated: 01 July 2022; Ref: scu.230361