Grounds of judicial review

There are various ways of classifying the grounds of judicial review. One method of classification makes the doctrine of ultra vires the

basis of judicial review, whether there has been a breach of the rules of procedural fairness, lack of power, lack or excess of jurisdiction, noncompliance with statutory procedural requirements, or ‘manifest unreasonableness’: see Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation (1948). See Oliver, D, ‘Is the ultra vires rule the basis of judicial review?’ [1987] Pub L 543.