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JUDICIAL REVIEW IS A POWERFUL AND IMMEDIATE REMEDY (especially when it is No Win/No Fee) We are experts in the field of Judicial Review. We have access to the leading practitioners in this specialised area of law.

Ipswich, United Kingdom (prHWY.com) July 18, 2012 - What Is Judicial Review?

We are the Experts. It is a remedy available in the Administrative Court (part of the High Court). There are now local centres where you may apply - including Manchester, London, Birmingham and Leeds.

It is a remedy designed to keep a check on any public body carrying out a public decision-making function. It might be the Home Office, one of the Upper Tribunals, the Prison Service or an Ombudsman, for example. It might be your local Planning Department or a government agency.

The Court has wide powers. It can quash (undo) a decision; it can grant an injunction, or even award damages. What the Court is looking for, in order for it to grant a remedy, is illegality, irrationality or unreasonableness. The Court is looking to challenge a decision which, in effect, any rational person could not justify. It needs to be wholly unreasonable.

If you have an "interest" in the decision, and are therefore an "interested party", then you may be able to bring a claim for Judicial Review.

What Should I Do Next?

Be wary before embarking upon a Judicial Review Application without seeking proper legal advice. We have access to the very best legal advice. You cannot ignore the threat of legal costs which we aim to avoid.

Prior to commencing proceedings, you ideally need to send a Pre-Action Protocol Letter to your opponent. This has a specific format and should, as far as possible, be used. This is designed to avoid litigation and unnecessary costs. If that does not work, you then apply both for Judicial Review and Permission for Judicial Review on the same standard form. We can help you. You need to be clear which decision it is that you are asking the Court to review.

Similarly, you have to be aware of the three month time limit for applying. Indeed, you are under a duty to apply as promptly as possible. The time period can be extended, but only in fairly exceptional circumstances. If your Application for Permission is granted, then you proceed to a proper hearing in due course. If your Application is, however, refused, then you can choose to renew that Application and that is done in open court (as against merely on paper, as with the original Application.)

There are rights of Appeal too. But the contents of your original Application are fundamental, for obvious reasons. We can help you. The other side might well respond to your Application in writing and you may respond similarly to what they have to say. You can represent yourself but we recommend against this as our experience is that litigants in person are at a real disadvantage as against those who are legally represented and conversant with the proper practice and the Law.

What Is The 'Solution'?

We can offer you an immediate informed Assessment at the telephone. We can obtain counsel's opinion (a barrister's view) regarding the strength of your case. You will not pay for the barrister's opinion.

We can help to put in place a No win/No fee agreement as well as insurance, ensuring that you will not be responsible for your opponent's costs, even if you were not to succeed. This is what we refer to as the "No Legal Costs Solution."
Initially, you are free to contact us without obligation to discuss any aspect of your case. This might include the Pre-action Protocol letter, Application for Permission, legal advice regarding time limits, or the Application for Judicial Review itself.

Judicial Review is a remarkably effective remedy. It does what it is intended to do - keep an eye on public servants and keep them in check. It might be a local authority who has sanctioned a perverse Planning application, or a Tribunal which has acted irrationally and contrary to all the evidence. The possibilities are almost endless.

Judicial Review is about what is just. Here at The Legal Company, we love Judicial Review as we always keen to fight for justice. It is what we do every day.
We can make Judicial Review work for you, without incurring legal costs.

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