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At best, our justice system should make people safer, hold accountable those who seek to harm others, and earn the trust of its citizens. At worst, the system can be easily manipulated to serve thinly veiled political agendas. Jussie Smollett’s damaging, costly and dishonest criminal prosecution ended on Thursday. AsRead More →
SINGAPORE – A Malaysian human rights non-governmental organization (NGO) has attempted to intervene in Singapore’s criminal justice system and Singaporeans must guard against such foreign interference, the Minister of State has said Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim in Parliament on Wednesday 9 March. Associate Professor Faishal has singled out LawyersRead More →
Mayor Eric Adams lashed out Thursday at the state’s lax criminal justice, legislative and social services system after learning of the perpetrator who allegedly smeared his own excrement on a woman’s face was released without bond – despite a lengthy criminal record. Frank Abrokwa, 37, was arrested Feb. 28 forRead More →
The High Court today (Tuesday March 1) authorized a judicial review of the government’s agricultural strategy – Food Vision 2030. The legal challenge to the 10-year roadmap to boost agri-food exports from €14 billion to €21 billion by 2030 has been taken up by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE).Read More →
A senior High Court judge has said he wants a legal action brought by former Stardust manager Eamon Butterly to prevent a new inquiry into the disaster from making him a target for a unlawful killing verdict heard as soon as possible. Mr Butterly claims the new hearing could wronglyRead More →
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Published: 08:35 26 February 2022 A High Court judge has heard that financial hardship rather than disability could affect access to the ponds. A judicial review of the ladies’ pond pricing scheme at Hampstead Heath concluded on Thursday February 24, with the City of London Corporation (CoLC) defending its position.Read More →
North Central London CCG (NCLCCG) and NHS England faced a legal challenge against a decision to approve a ‘change of control’ of AT Medics, an NHS primary care service provider, at the start of the ‘last year. Anjna Khurana, a Labor council member from Islington in north London, backed theRead More →
A High Court judge this month ordered a shackled hearing in a second judicial review challenge over Lewisham council’s grant of planning permission for the redevelopment of part of the estate of Sydenham Hill from the City of London Corporation. In May 2021, in Kinsey, R (at theRead More →
KUALA LUMPUR: Gay book publisher and author is OK! A successful Christian prospect in their bid to remove a book ban by the Home Secretary in 2020. The High Court Judge, Judge Noorin Badaruddin, granted permission for publisher Chong Ton Sin and author Ngeo Boon Lin’s application for judicial reviewRead More →
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court said on Monday (February 21) that the Selangor legislature does not have the power to pass a law giving the state Sharia court the power to review fatwas issued by authorities state nuns. A nine-member panel headed by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (Photo)inRead More →
An environmental campaign group was given a day’s court appearance in March for a judicial review of EDF Energy’s license to dredge and dispose of mud in the Severn Estuary. Campaign group Save the Severn Estuary believe the ‘contaminated’ mud and sediment could endanger ‘human health, threatening protected marine habitatsRead More →
Nigel and Sally Rowe(Photo: Christian Legal Center) A legal challenge against affirming transgender policies in English primary schools is progressing after a High Court judge allowed a judicial review. Christian parents Nigel Rowe, 48, and his wife Sally, 47, are taking the Department for Education (DfE) to court after theyRead More →
Two actions in the High Court have been brought this week over the granting of planning permission for the Galway City Ring Road. The court granted the Galway Race Committee leave to conduct a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s clearance for the €600m route which would run from theRead More →
PUTRAJAYA (February 9): The Federal Court on Wednesday (February 9) granted the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) an interim stay of a judicial review hearing requested by Grab Holdings Inc, along with GrabCar Sdn Bhd and MyTeksi Sdn Bhd, which was scheduled to start at the High Court next Monday (FebruaryRead More →
A APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW of the disputed Galway Ring Road plan has been lodged with the High Court, with the Minister for Housing to be named as a party to the review. Charity Friends of the Irish Environment has sought a judicial review of Galway City’s N6 ring roadRead More →
A LEGAL REVIEW of planning permission granted for a visitor center and cable car on Dursey Island in County Cork has been announced, following concerns from Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE). The planning permission, which would have seen the creation of a new visitor center as well as aRead More →
AN Bord Pleanála’s decision to approve a €10m visitor center and cable car for the Isle of Dursey could be subject to judicial review after Friends of the Irish Environment ( FIE) were cleared by the High Court to make an application on January 31. Cork County Council and FáilteRead More →
The judge who dismissed Cumbria CC’s application for judicial review ‘misunderstood some of the fundamental points’ of its argument, the head of council has said. Speaking to LGC, Stewart Young (Lab), explained that council would continue with the oral stage of its application for judicial review despite High Court JudgeRead More →
A High Court judge has ordered that an application for judicial review made by a claimant in London be transferred to Manchester, closer to her home and despite objections from the defendant public authority. Give a court ruling on the papers in Fortt, R (On Enforcement of) vRead More →
A High Court judge has ordered that a judicial review case issued in London should instead be moved to Manchester closer to the claimant’s home. Mr Justice Fordham noted in Fortt, R (On Enforcement of) v Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd that Manchester Administrative Court was making the best useRead More →
Cumbria CC must continue to seek judicial review of local government reorganization in the county, despite a High Court judge’s initial request being dismissed last week. In 2021 the council sought a judicial review of the decision to abolish Cumbria’s two-tier system and replace it with two new unitary councils,Read More →
A conservation charity is today appealing the dismissal of a judicial review of Shannon LNG. It concerns the inclusion of the proposed development in the list of EU projects of common interest. The developments included in the list of EU projects of common interest are those identified as key prioritiesRead More →
AN APPEAL from a High Court Judge’s decision not to grant the County Council legal action would not be supported by the Deputy Leader. Cumbria County Council received a letter from High Court Judge Stephen Davies last week refusing their application for judicial review. The council has sought the rightRead More →
A JUDGE at the High Court in Belfast has refused to allow judicial review of the decision by two Stormont ministers to take legal action against the police. Judge Scoffield said the application for judicial review by loyalist activist Jamie Bryson was “academic” because the legal dispute between the PSNIRead More →