ABSTRACT
In English law, the judicial remedies for ultra vires actions or decisions are certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, declaration and injunction. All these forms of relief can be applied for in the AJR and can be coupled with a claim for damages, depending on what is appropriate for the particular case. Although damages are available under judicial review, they have as yet been awarded but rarely, and it is important to remember that all remedies are discretionary only. The court may withhold a remedy, even where it has held that the decision or action of the public body was ultra vires.
