the exercise of these powers may be challenged by judicial review
count nounthey were granted a judicial review of the Ministry's order
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Drafting points such as these are important but do not justify judicial review of the order.
This strategy uses the procedure called judicial review, and is a public law matter.
There are three applications for judicial review before the court.
There are before the court two applications for judicial review which both raise the same issue.
The applicant now challenges by way of judicial review the grant of planning permission to the Trustees.
It should properly have been raised by an application for judicial review in the High Court.
Accordingly, I do not consider this to be a case for granting permission for judicial review.
Two years ago, British ministers unveiled plans to allow TV cameras to film appeal court hearings and judicial reviews.
Ministers are drawing up plans to allow TV cameras to film appeal court hearings, judicial reviews and Lords hearings.
Local authorities must get tough and seek judicial reviews where they think that health authorities have given their taxpayers a raw deal.
Parents fighting to save a primary school from closure have lodged an application for a judicial review.
The court ruling followed a judicial review which was granted to the lobby group in October.
It is a review function, very similar to that of the court on judicial review.
Quite often in these sorts of matters in the past we have had judicial reviews of decisions.
The council said it would not pursue legal costs against parents who sought a judicial review on the closure.
Barristers have drawn up a legal opinion setting out a test case for a high court judicial review of the government's position.
The legal battle involved a public inquiry and two judicial reviews.
A public inquiry and judicial review is awaited and a housing market crash looms ever closer.
Lord Falconer said failed asylum seekers would no longer be able to appeal to the High Court or through judicial reviews.
In judicial review, the unsuccessful party may be ordered to pay the costs of the other side.
1.1(in the US) review by the Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
（美国）（最高法院对立法是否违宪的）司法审查
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The power of judicial review has allowed the Supreme Court to protect civil liberties within America.
The power of judicial review derives not from the Constitution, which contains no explicit reference to this authority, but from a series of cases dating back to the late 1700s.
Definition of judicial review in US English:
judicial review
noundʒuˈdɪʃəl rəˈvju
1Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
（美国）（最高法院对立法是否违宪的）司法审查
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The power of judicial review has allowed the Supreme Court to protect civil liberties within America.
The power of judicial review derives not from the Constitution, which contains no explicit reference to this authority, but from a series of cases dating back to the late 1700s.
1.1(in the UK) a procedure by which a court can review an administrative action by a public body and (in England) secure a declaration, order, or award.