Online Judicial Review Academy (June 2025)

A complete online course on how to do judicial review, run in short sessions on Zoom over 4 days.

Presented in partnership with Matrix Chambers.

This training is ONLINE ONLY. All sessions will be recorded and shared with attendees afterwards. 

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 and
• 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!
• Case study to help delegate put their learning to practical use

Ticket pricing:

• Standard ticket: £160 – For those working in private practice and public bodies
• Discounted ticket: £120 – For those working at charities or are trainees and pupils
• Advisers ticket: £60- For those advising but not qualified as, or training to be, solicitors or barristers
• Student ticket: £20 – For students in full-time education making the booking using a valid university email address

Group booking:

• Standard group booking for 3-6 delegates: £140
• Discounted group booking for 3-6 delegates: £90
• Please reach out to [email protected] if you wish to make other booking arrangement.

Programme

Monday 30 June

10:00-11:00 Introductory principles

• Aidan Wills, Matrix Chambers
• Catherine Arnold, Matrix Chambers

14:00-15:30 Grounds for JR 

• Raj Desai, Matrix Chambers
• Prof. Suzanne Rab, Matrix Chambers

Tuesday 1 July

10:00-11:30 Steps in a JR claim, part 1 – from letter before claim to permission

• Aoife O’Reilly, Public Law Project

14:00-15:30 Steps in a JR claim, part 2 – from post-permission to final hearing + Quiz 

• Katy Sheridan, Matrix Chambers
• Rosalind Comyn, Matrix Chambers

Wednesday 2 July

10:00-12:00 Funding for JR 

Legal aid

• Rebecca Chapman, Irwin Mitchell

CCOs and third-party interventions

• Toby Fisher, Matrix Chambers

Costs and settlement

• James Robottom, Matrix Chambers

14:00-15:00 Defending a JR 

• Paul Skinner, Matrix Chambers

Thursday 3 July

10:00-11:30 Case study

• Zoë Leventhal KC, Matrix Chambers
• Nick Armstrong KC, Matrix Chambers
• Victoria Pogge von Strandmann, Public Law Project