Judicial review

Littleton barristers have extensive experience at all levels from  the Appellate Courts to disciplinary hearings of sporting bodies; from the General Medical Council and HPC, to the Electoral Commission, Law Society, Bar Standards Board and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Members regularly advise and represent regulatory bodies and private parties in relation to:

• Public law fairness and procedural issues;
• Human rights – especially Article 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14 and Article 1 Protocol 1;
• European law, competition and free movement.
• Internal hearings, suspensions, sanctions and exclusions;
• Injunctions and interim orders;
• Drafting rules, and amendments.

Our members have been instructed in the landmark cases in the development of this practice are including: R (G) v Governors of X School [2011] UKSC 30; [2011] 3 WLR 237 [application of Article 6 ECHR] and Bradley  v The Jockey Club [2005] EWCA Civ 1056 [the leading case as to the different routes and standard of review for challenges to sporting regulatory bodies].

Littleton barristers also sit on disciplinary and regulatory panels including Bar Standards Board (Conduct and Complaints); Football Association; Mental Capacity Act Informal Rules Committee; Legal Assessor to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; Professional Conduct Committee of British Psychological Society; Designated Independent Person under the Local Government Act.