Judicial review—interested parties and interveners

Produced in partnership with Julia Marlow and Megan Smith of Hogan Lovells

Practice notes

Judicial review—interested parties and interveners

Produced in partnership with Julia Marlow and Megan Smith of Hogan Lovells

Practice notes

Interested parties

In the context of judicial review, an interested party is 'any person (other than the claimant and defendant) who is directly affected by the claim'.

Where the claim for judicial review relates to proceedings in a court or tribunal, any other party to those proceedings will be an interested party in the judicial review proceedings eg if the defendant in a criminal case in the Magistrates or Crown Court applies for judicial review of a decision in that case, the prosecution must always be named as an interested party in the judicial review claim.

A person will be 'directly affected' if they are affected by the grant of a remedy in the proceedings. For example, in Muldoon a local housing authority's decision not to pay a housing benefit was challenged. The Secretary of State was indirectly affected in that if the decision was quashed, the disputed benefit would be added to the subsidy paid to the local authority. However, he was not directly affected by the grant of a remedy as he

Jurisdiction(s):

United Kingdom

Key definition:

Judicial review definition

What does Judicial review mean?

Judicial review is the English administrative law practice of the courts reviewing the exercise of powers by public bodies in terms of their effect on an individual.

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