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R v Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, ex parte Balchin [1997] JPL 917

By Oxbridge Law TeamUpdated 04/01/2024 07:00

Judgement for the case R v Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, ex parte Balchin

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  • Sedley J held that a decision would be Wednesbury unreasonable if it disclosed an error of reasoning, which robbed the decision of its logical integrity.

  • If such an error could be shown then it was not necessary for the applicant to show that the DM was ‘temporarily unhinged.’ 

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