Judicial Review of Commercial Regulation

Author: Jaime Arancibia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199609079
Published In: March 2011
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Provides the first full-length examination of judicial review in a commercial context
Sets out an alternative human rights-based approach, offering a model for closer judicial scrutiny
Features a comparative, critical analysis of the major judicial decisions in commercial review, revealing their failure to uphold general principles of administrative law
Includes comparative coverage of the law across the Commonwealth, and in the EU and ECHR contexts

English courts have traditionally held a policy of judicial restraint towards regulatory decisions in the commercial context. This book provides a critical view of the courts' deferential attitude and advocates a more intensive form of judicial review which is more satisfactory in terms of individual justice.

Addressing the issue in three parts, the orthodox common law position on judicial review is first set out, demonstrating the deferential approach of the courts and highlighting the limited scope of review in a commercial context. The regulator's expertise and institutional autonomy, and the demands of administrative efficiency, all contribute to preventing the courts from interfering with the development of regulatory policies.
The book then moves on to consider how current policy appears to be inconsistent with the relevant values of English public law which protect individuals from capricious and arbitrary executive action - particularly the right of the applicant to obtain an independent assessment of the validity of the impugned decision by a court which acts as ultimate arbiter of law.

Setting out an alternative model based on European human rights law, the book contends close supervision is necessary over decisions which alter or determine the operation of markets in order to reach a level of judicial control that is consistent with the requirements of fairness and reasonableness in this area and with proper respect for the rights of the parties involved. This alternative approach finds its roots in the principle of proportionality, which entails a greater judicial attenuation of administrative autonomy in order to ensure that actions do not go beyond what it is strictly necessary to achieve the desired outcome.

Readership: Academics working on constitutional and administrative law and commercial lawyers. Practitioners working in the area of judicial review.

1: Judicial Review of Commercial Regulation

2: The Orthodox Deferential Approach

3: Objections to the Orthodox Approach

4: A More Intensive Review based on European Liberal Influences

5: The Influence of the European Principle of Proportionality upon UK Regulatory Law

6: The Broader Effect of the Principle of Proportionality

7: Conclusion;

Jaime Arancibia, Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law and Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, University of the Andes, Chile

Dr. Jaime Arancibia is Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law and Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Universidad de los Andes (Chile), and the author of several articles in public law litigation. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Public Law at Cambridge University.