Sedley LJ re-articulated the principle adumbrated by Lord Loreburn LC in Board of Education v Rice: ‘ . . that a decision-making body should not see relevant material without giving those affected a chance to comment on it and, if they wish, to controvert it, is fundamental to the principle of law (which governs public administration as much as it does adjudication) that to act in good faith and listen fairly to both sides is ‘a duty lying upon everyone who decides anything”
Citations:
CO/2817/92
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Board of Education v Rice HL 6-Apr-1911
A local education authority refused to pay salaries to teachers in a non-provided school at the same rate as it paid the teachers in provided schools. The managers of the non-provided school complained, and the Board of Education directed an . .
Cited by:
Cited – Henshall v General Medical Council and others CA 13-Dec-2005
The claimant had lodged a complaint against a medical practitioner. The preliminary proceedings committee had accepted evidence from the doctor, but had not given the complainant opportunity to see it and comment upon it.
Held: the rules must . .
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Natural Justice
Updated: 27 April 2022; Ref: scu.676329