22 Jan 2014
PAV v. THE DUTY LAWYER SERVICE
- Citation
- PAV v. THE DUTY LAWYER SERVICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL83/2013
The court refused leave because the Administrator had prima facie evidence to support performance concerns about the chosen lawyer, properly considered those concerns alongside the pre-existing solicitor-client relationship, did not fetter her discretion or rigidly apply policy, and the decisions were not Wednesbury unreasonable or disproportionate even under anxious scrutiny; the amended grounds were not reasonably arguable and the applications were in large part academic.