PromptWhat is the primary ground of judicial review when a public body makes a decision that is "so outrageous in its defiance of logic or accepted moral standards that no sensible person could have arrived at it"?
Click to flip AnswerIrrationality, also known as Wednesbury unreasonableness. It applies where a decision lacks any rational basis, or takes into account irrelevant considerations or disregards material ones. The court does not substitute its own view but asks whether the decision is within the range of reasonable responses.
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