Regina v Broadcasting Complaints Commissioner, Ex parte Owen: CA 1985

May LJ said: ‘Where the reasons given by a statutory body for taking or not taking a particular course of action are not mixed and can clearly be disentangled, but where the court is quite satisfied that even though one reason may be bad in law, nevertheless the statutory body would have reached precisely the same decision on the other valid reasons, then this court will not interfere by way of judicial review.’

Judges:

May LJ

Citations:

[1985] QB 1153

Cited by:

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Media, Administrative

Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.431212