Developments in Judicial Review Practice and Procedure 2021

Abstract

2. There have been two cases dealing with the court’s jurisdiction pursuant to R (Hamid) v Secretary of State for the Home Department in the context of urgent applications. The Hamid case provided for a procedure by which the court could ask a legal representative – whether a solicitor or counsel – to show cause why the conduct of the legal representative should not be considered for referral to their respective regulatory body or otherwise be admonished.