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Legitimate expectations: In proceedings for judicial review, it applies the principles of fairness and reasonableness to the situation where a person has an expectation or interest in a public body retaining a long-standing practice or keeping a promise. Even if a decision will affect no existing right or legally recognized interest, the decision-maker may be bound to consult or allow a hearing to a party who has a 'legitimate expectation' that will be done.1 The thrust of case law is that, whatever it is you legitimately expect (i.e. whether you expect to be consulted or whatever you expect that a certain substantive decision will not be made), the only protection that the law will give to your expectation is that the decision-makers will be required to act fairly- to observe and apply the rules of natural justice.2 * Attorney- General for Hong Kong v NG Yuen Shiu [1983] 2 AC 629: After NG...

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