Judicial Review Blog
Plain-English guides to challenging public body decisions in the High Court: the limits, the grounds, the process and the reality. Written by a practising solicitor — not a content mill.
What Is Judicial Review in Ireland? The Complete Guide
The High Court process for challenging public body decisions: who can apply, against what, on which grounds, and what it can achieve.
Judicial Review Time Limits in Ireland: 3 Months, 8 Weeks, 28 Days
The general rule, the shorter statutory limits, when the clock starts and how extensions really work.
Grounds for Judicial Review in Ireland Explained
Ultra vires, fair procedures, reasons, irrationality, proportionality and legitimate expectation - what each actually requires.
Certiorari, Mandamus & Prohibition: Judicial Review Remedies
What each order does, when declarations and injunctions fit, and why the remedy chosen shapes the whole case.
The Leave Stage of Judicial Review in the High Court
How permission to proceed works, the thresholds that apply - and where the leave stage no longer exists at all.
Judicial Review vs Appeal: What’s the Difference?
Merits versus lawfulness - the distinction that decides which route you take and what winning actually gets you.
Judicial Review of Planning Permission in Ireland
How neighbours and developers challenge planning decisions - and the dual regime now running under the 2000 and 2024 Acts.
The Planning and Development Act 2024: Judicial Review Changes
No leave stage, tightened standing, locked grounds, remittal powers and a new costs regime - the reforms explained.
Judicial Review of an International Protection Refusal
Challenging IPO and Tribunal decisions: the 28-day limit, the grounds that succeed and how the appeal route fits.
Challenging a Deportation Order in Ireland
The most urgent challenges in the system: reviewing the order, restraining removal and moving inside 28 days.
Judicial Review of Visa & Immigration Permission Refusals
Join-family visas, residence permissions and citizenship delay - when refusals and silence can be challenged.
Failure to Give Reasons: A Powerful Ground of Challenge
Why public bodies must explain their decisions, what counts as adequate reasons, and how the ground is deployed.
Legitimate Expectation in Irish Law Explained
When a public body’s promise or settled practice binds it - and the limits of the doctrine.
Fair Procedures & Natural Justice in Ireland
The right to be heard and the rule against bias: what fairness requires before a decision goes against you.
Judicial Review Costs in Ireland: The Honest Picture
What proceedings cost, your exposure if you lose, environmental costs protection, the new planning costs rules and legal aid.
Judicial Review of Social Welfare Decisions
When welfare appeals go legally wrong: flawed appeals office decisions, refused oral hearings and the revision route.
School Expulsions, Section 29 Appeals & SUSI: Education Challenges
Challenging expulsions, enrolment refusals and grant decisions - the appeal ladder and where judicial review fits.
Can You Judicially Review a Court Decision?
District and Circuit Court decisions can be reviewed - but the criminal-process boundary makes route selection critical.
How Long Does Judicial Review Take in Ireland?
From pre-action letter to judgment: realistic timelines, what speeds cases up and why many resolve early.
The Pre-Action Letter in Judicial Review
The letter that wins cases before they issue: what it contains, why it protects costs and when to send it.