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Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service

[1985] AC 374
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1985
StatusBinding authority

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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