How to do Judicial Review March 2025 (In-person)

TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW SOLD OUT.

An intensive one-day, in-person course covering the basics of judicial review from introductory principles and grounds, to the practical steps in a JR claim, funding, costs, interventions, and finishing with an interactive case study.

Presented in Partnership with Monckton Chambers and Kingsley Napley.

This event is in person ONLY (not recorded).

Who should attend

• Junior and trainee lawyers, advisers, advocates and anyone likely to be involved in judicial review claims, or increase their understanding of JR to help their clients
• Anyone responsible for legal policy in NGOs or Government, or those tasked with Government decision making
• Those working in campaigning organisations with a legal strategy
• Those representing and advising marginalised groups in society

The course includes

• Judicial review – who it affects and what remedies can be offered
• What can be challenged and by who
• Differences between cases based on the Human Rights Act and other grounds
• Claims by pressure and public interest groups
• Third-party interventions and CCOs
• Steps in a judicial review claim
• Funding and costs
• Public law quiz!
• Supervised case studies to help revise and put to practical use the learning from the course

Ticket pricing

• Standard ticket: £165 –
  For practitioners in private practice, and those working for a governmental or regulatory body.
• Discounted ticket: £95 –
  For charities, NGOs, trainee lawyers, academics, and those working in the charity or voluntary sector
• Advisers ticket: £65 –
  For those who are advising but not qualified as, or training to be, solicitors or barristers.

Apologies, due to lack of capacity, we are not offering student tickets for this event.

Delegate pack

We provide an electronic delegate pack with extensive reference papers, notes and commonly used forms. If you wish to access the material on the day, please bring a device with which to do so. There are some charging points around the conference space, but these are limited, so please bring a fully charged device if you can.

If you require a printed pack for accessibility reasons, please email [email protected] to request one (we will ask you to kindly provide a reason).

PROGRAMME 

09:30-09:45: Arrival and refreshments

• Morning chair: Robert Palmer KC, Monckton Chambers

09:45-10:45: Introductory Principles

• Robert Palmer KC, Monckton Chambers
• Jonathan Lewis, Monckton Chambers

10:45-11:15: Grounds for JR

• Hugh Whelan, Monckton Chambers

11.15-11.30: Break

11:30-12:30: Steps in a JR claim – from letter before claim to permission

• Fred Allen, Kingsley Napley
• Sahil Kher, Kingsley Napley

12:30-13:15: Lunch

• Afternoon chair: Natalie Cohen, Kingsley Napley

13:15-14:15: Steps in a JR claim – from post-permission to final hearing & Quiz

• Nikolaus Grubeck, Monckton Chambers
• Jenn Lawrence, Monckton Chambers

14:15-14:45: Funding & Legal Aid

• Grace Benton, Bindmans LLP

14:45-15:00: Break

15:00-15:30: CCOs & third-party interventions

• Julianne Kerr Morrison, Monckton Chambers
• Khatija Hafesji, Monckton Chambers

15:30-16:00: Settlement and costs

• Clíodhna Kelleher, Monckton Chambers

16:00-16:10: Break

16:10-17:30: Case study on Asylum accommodation challenge

• Victoria Pogge von Strandmann, Public Law Project
• Ciar McAndrew, Monckton Chambers

Defending a JR, Wednesday 26 March, 10:00-11:00

* This session will be recorded, and the recording will be share with all attendees afterward.*

• Alan Bates, Monckton Chambers