Post by therealriga on Jun 5, 2020 11:44:15 GMT
Very interesting - the NI recommendations (although they're a dead letter anyway) have been quashed by Judicial review.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/northern-ireland-electoral-boundaries-plan-quashed-as-belfast-man-wins-court-appeal-39259490.html
This is not the first time boundary recommendations have been judicially reviewed but it is the first time the action has succeeded.
Is there a link to the full judgement?
What was the issue, that the Commission took a decision to relax the 5% criteria after the point when the opportunity for any further public consultation had closed? If so I would be as annoyed as the claimant in this case. I see parallels with the LGBCE final recommendations stage when a ward boundary is suddenly changed in response to a (sometimes singular) consultation comment received at draft recommendations stage with no opportunity for anyone else to have reviewed or appraised the merits of the proposed change.