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United Kingdom Leading Case grounds illegalitygrounds irrationalitygrounds procedural impropriety

Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service

[1985] AC 374
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK House of Lords
Year1985
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Lord Diplock classified the three grounds of judicial review as illegality, irrationality, and procedural impropriety in the landmark GCHQ case.

Key Principle

Lord Diplock classified the grounds of judicial review as illegality, irrationality, and procedural impropriety (the GCHQ case).

Area of Law

public-law

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