ABSTRACT
The system of judicial review allows the judges to interfere, some would allege rather arbitrarily, in the machinery of government and administration. Using this self-made weapon, judges have struck down numerous important decisions, from the policy of the Greater London Council to reduce public transport fares in the capital by 25 per cent,1 to a policy decision of the Home Secretary to introduce a new, non-statutory criminal injuries compensation scheme.2 What is the justification for this interference?
