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Constitutional & Administrative Law Judicial Review is a process by which a judge examines the way in which an inferior court, tribunal, government department or other public body has made a decision. The subject matter must be in the realm of Public, as opposed to private, law. For example, a local authority will be subject to judicial review of its decision-making but would be sued for negligence in maintaining the highway or for breach of contract; the question is whether the body has acted appropriately in exercising a public duty. Professor Yardely has described judicial review as: " The ultimate safe guard for the ordinary citizen against unlawful action by... the more powerful administration"1. This is demonstrated by the case of M v Home office (1993), where M had applied for political Asylum. He was refused and applied for judicial review. He was due to be deported and the Home...

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