Adolygiad Barnwrol
Herio penderfyniadau cyrff cyhoeddus, seiliau adolygu a rhwymedïau.
Cyflwyniad
Mae adolygiad barnwrol yn caniatáu i lysoedd oruchwylio cyfreithlondeb penderfyniadau cyrff cyhoeddus.
Egwyddorion craidd
Three Grounds — Illegality, irrationality, and procedural impropriety (GCHQ [1985]).
Proportionality — Applied where fundamental rights are engaged (post-HRA 1998).
Standing — The applicant must have 'sufficient interest' (s.31(3) Senior Courts Act 1981).
Permission Stage — Claims must be arguable and brought within 3 months.
Remedies — Quashing orders, mandatory orders, prohibiting orders, declarations, injunctions.
Ouster Clauses — Courts resist attempts to exclude judicial review (Anisminic [1969]).
Statudau allweddol
Senior Courts Act 1981
Human Rights Act 1998
Achosion arweiniol
Senarios cyffredin
Council refuses planning permission unreasonably
If irrational or failing to consider material factors, judicial review may succeed. Planning JR must be issued within 6 weeks.