Public Law Project: Online Judicial Review Academy – 30 June – 3 July 2025
A complete online course on how to do judicial review, run in short sessions on Zoom over 4 days.
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
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
Costs and settlement
14:00-15:00 Defending a JR
Thursday 3 July
10:00-11:30 Case study
- Zoë Leventhal KC, Matrix
- Nick Armstrong KC, Matrix
- Victoria Pogge von Strandmann, Public Law Project