A judicial right

摘要

Local government minister, John Healey, has recently criticised the use of judicial review by local authorities against central government ('"Costly" judicial reviews hit policies, says Healey', The MJ, 2 April).He suggested councils were 'using the law to overturn government laws already passed through Parliament', 'as a substitute for proper engagement in policy, for political point-scoring, or as a device to delay proper decision-making', and 'in many instances, the case is not sound or it's a legal try-on to derail policy decisions because the challenging party disputes the policy intent'.