Regulators and Enforcement: Environment
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| 1 | Judicial review: a quick guide A quick guide to judicial review, including who can apply for a review, what decisions can be reviewed and the remedies which may be granted. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | An introduction to judicial review This practice note provides an introduction to the substantive law relating to judicial review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Appeals to the United Kingdom Supreme Court An overview of the procedure in the UK Supreme Court. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | What constitutes a public authority for the purposes of the ... This practice note examines what constitutes a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998. The distinction between public authorities and public functions and private bodies and private functions is unclear, particularly in relation to hybrid bodies, where only some functions may be public (section 6(5), HRA). The position is made more difficult with public/private partnership arrangements and public bodies contracting out functions to the private sector. This distinction is important because a public authority must not act in a way that is incompatible with the Convention rights (section 6, HRA). | Practice notes | Maintained |