Title | Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation |
Publisher | United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) |
Author | King's Bench |
Publication Date | 10 November 1947 |
Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Topics | Effective remedy | Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness |
Citation / Document Symbol | [1948] 1KB 223 |
Cite as | Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation, [1948] 1KB 223, United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales), 10 November 1947, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,GBR_CA_CIV,48abd539d.html [accessed 5 November 2019] |
Comments | Application for judicial review. The Court held that when assessing a discretionary decision made by a public authority, the court would only interfere with the decision where it was so unreasonable that no other authority could ever have come to it. |
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