Example sentences of "may be [adj] to judicial review " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , a body may be amenable to judicial review even if , to use a graphic phrase of Lord Donaldson MR , it ‘ operates without visible means of legal support ’ .
2 Apart from the correctness of the analogy drawn by Simon Brown J. in Wachmann 's case [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 1036 , and the suggestion that the visitors to the Inns of Court may be amenable to judicial review , there was no dispute about the correctness of any of these submissions .
3 On the same basis , non-governmental ( or ‘ private ’ ) bodies which perform public functions may be subject to judicial review .
4 But a body may be subject to judicial review even if the powers it exercises have no identifiable legal source ; so , for example , a refusal by a non-governmental , non-statutory licensing body , such as a horse-racing or boxing control body , to grant a licence to an applicant may be subject to judicial review even though it seems to be the case that before a licence is granted , no contract exists between the applicant and the licensing body .
5 But a body may be subject to judicial review even if the powers it exercises have no identifiable legal source ; so , for example , a refusal by a non-governmental , non-statutory licensing body , such as a horse-racing or boxing control body , to grant a licence to an applicant may be subject to judicial review even though it seems to be the case that before a licence is granted , no contract exists between the applicant and the licensing body .
6 We have seen that decisions and acts may be subject to judicial review if they are made or done in the exercise of public functions , whether those functions are conferred by statute or common law or neither .
7 But rule-making by bodies other than Parliament may be subject to judicial review on a number of grounds , as we will see in due course .
8 Nevertheless , the courts have recognized the value of informal rules in a variety of contexts , and it is now quite clear that such rules may be subject to judicial review on a number of grounds ( as we will see in due course ) .
9 Such rules , too , may be subject to judicial review even if both the rules themselves and the body making them ‘ lack any visible means of legal support ’ .
10 As we have already seen , the exercise of de facto power may be subject to judicial review .
11 The administration of non-statutory , ex gratia compensation schemes may be subject to judicial review .
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