Martin Partington: Spotlight on the Justice System

A guide to reading the Official Statistics on judicial review in the Administrative Court

By Lewis Graham, Lee Marsons, Maurice Sunkin and Joe Tomlinson

UKAJI is delighted to publish this guide written by Lewis Graham (University of Cambridge), Lee Marsons (University of Essex), Maurice Sunkin (University of Essex), and Joe Tomlinson (University of York) on how to read the official statistics from the Ministry of Justice on judicial review in the Administrative Court.

Specifically, this guide aims to help people understand what the official statistics tell us and do not tell us about the use of judicial review in the Administrative Court. The note draws on the civil justice statistics published annually by the Ministry of Justice. This note seeks to explain the available statistics in an impartial way with a view to making them easier to read and understand.

In light of the current Independent Review of Administrative Law…