Table of judicial review cases involving PSED grounds
Date
Case
Grounds of
challenge
Successful?
13.10.11
Bailey v Brent LBC
Under s7 of the
Public Libraries and
Museums Act 1964
N
consultation
N
failure to assess
needs
N
PSED
N
under s7 of the
Public Libraries and
Museums Act 1964
N
consultation
N
PSED
Y
consultation
N
PSED
N
Article 8
N
16.11.11
Green v Gloucester
CC
joined with
Rowe & anor v
Somerset County
Council
07.12.11
RP v Brent LBC
Points of note
Protected
characteristic
Race
both pre and post
s149
Disability, sex
Disability
Greenwich
Community Law
Centre v Greenwich
LBC
PSED
N
A number of
overlapping grounds
around irrationality
N
D & S v Manchester
City Council
PSED
N
consultation
N
03.04.12
Williams & ors v
Surrey CC
PSED
Y
01.06.12
Siwak v Newham
LBC
PSED
N
consultation
N
Failure to take into
account a relevant
factor
Procedural
unfairness
N
Legitimate
expectation
N
Rigid and inflexible
application of policy
N
21.12.11
12.01.12
25.06.12
Dudley MBC v
SSCLG
Y
upheld on appeal
in 2012 (PSED as
the only ground):
[2012] EWCA Civ
496
“...even if the claim Age, disability
were to have merit
[...] invalidating the
council tax for the
year would be
disproportionate...”
Pure PSED case
All
All
03.07.12
10.07.12
18.07.12
26.07.12
Error of fact
N
PSED
N
S & KS v Secretary of Irrationality
State for Justice
PSED
Harrow Community
Support Ltd v SSD
Hunt v North
Somerset Council
Diedrick v Chief
Constable of
Hampshire
Constabulary
N
Sex
N
ECHR A1P1
N
Article 7
N
Article 14
N
consultation
N
PSED
N
Article 8 and/or A1P1
N
507B of the
Education Act 1996
N
PSED
PSED
Disability
Disability
N
In explicit contrast
to D & S v
Manchester City
Council on the
issue of relief
(quashing Council
Tax calculations)
N
Pure PSED case
Race
20.08.12
D v SSHD [2012]
EWHC 2501
PSED
Y
Removal not within
reasonable time
(Hardial Singh
principles)
Y
duty under the UKBA
Enforcement
Guidance and
Instructions Chapter
55.10
Y
Article 3
Y
Article 8
Y
04.09.12
Keyu v Secretary of
State for Foreign and
Commonwealth
Affairs
PSED (among many
other factors)
N
19.10.12
RB v Devon CC
PSED
N
failure to follow own
policies
N
Disability
NB both pre and
post s149
Race
Age
No quashing
order, but
declaratory relief
that the
defendants [...]
failed to discharge
PSED
22.10.12
07.11.12
16.11.12
21.12.12
AJ v The Borough
Council of Calderdale
Error of law
Y
failure to follow
Government policy
Didn’t arise due
to the finding on
ground 1
legitimate
expectation
“
“
PSED
“
“
unlawful fetter
“
“
South West Care
Homes and others v
Devon County
Council
PSED
Y
consultation
N
irrationality
N
Brown v Canal River
Trust
Error of law
N
Guidance ultra vires
N
Possible future
Article 8 breach
N
PSED
N
PSED
N
planning law
N
consultation
N
Coleman v Barnet
LBC
Disability
EHRC intervened
Disability
D not specified in
sched. 19, or
exercising a
relevant public
function.
Philosophical
belief – not
established by C
Disability, age
January 2013
Holmes v Leicester
City Council
unreported, see here:
click
PSED
N
15.02.13
Zacchaeus 2000
Trust v SSWP
PSED
N
illegality(ultra vires)
N
consultation
N
PSED
N
breach of various EU
Directives
consultation
N
irrationality, ignoring
material
considerations
PSED
N
Legitimate
expectation
Irrationality
N
PSED
N
13.03.13
15.03.13
22.03.13
Buckley v Sheffield
City Council
Buckinghamshire CC
v Secretary of State
for Transport
Core Issues Trust v
Transport for London
Pure PSED case
Disability
Disability, race
Age, disability
Race
N
N
N
unusually, PSED
relied on by both
parties
Sexual
orientation,
religious belief
28.03.13
24.04.13
29.04.13
03.05.13
28.06.13
Articles 9, 10, and 14
N
Copson v Dorset
Healthcare University
NHS Foundation
Trust
consultation
N
PSED
N
Bracking v SSWP
PSED
N
consultation
N
consultation
Y - would have
found breach but
probably no relief
PSED
N
fiduciary duty.
N
PSED
N
s31 Children and
Young Persons Act
1933
Y
PSED
Y
Various duties
relating to costs of
Y
Nash v Barnet LBC
T v SSfJ
South Tyneside Care
Home Owners
Association v South
Tyneside Council
Disability
EHRC intervened
Disability
Claim out of time,
All
but judgment gives
views anyway
Age
Age, disability
care
30.07.13
09.08.13
04.10.13
MA v SSWP
Failure to follow
guidance
Y
consultation
Y
irrationality
Y
PSED
N
Art 14
N
SoS has unlawfully
deployed guidance
D v Worcestershire
CC
PSED
N – “...a
Departmental
circular is not a
lawful vehicle [...]
However if the
drafting of new
Regulations is
now imminent
[...] I would not
grant relief
today.”
N
consultation
N
T v Sheffield City
Council
consultation
N
PSED
N
Best Value duty
N
EHRC intervened
Disability
Disability
All
08.10.13
Buck v Doncaster
MBC
Childcare Act 2006
N
Irrationality
N
PSED
N
Local Government
Finance Act 1992
N
MS
Equality and Human Rights Commission, October 2013
All