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Legislating for injustice

Legislating for injustice

Senior lawyers advise government that its reforms would be unjust

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Joshua Rozenberg
Apr 19, 2021
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The former head of the government legal department, Sir Jonathan Jones KCB, QC (hon), has said that two of the government’s proposed reforms to judicial review “would alter the balance that currently exists between government and the courts and — depending on what happens — could potentially raise concerns and cause injustice in individual cases”.

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