“…orm a ground of challenge described as breach of the Padfield principle, as recently delineated by the Court of Appeal in R (Rights of Women) v Lord Chancellor [2016] EWCA Civ 91, [2016] 1 WLR 2543. That case concerned a judicial review of secondary legislation concerning access to legal aid for victims of domestic violence. The challen…”
“… Referring to Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [1968] AC 997 and R (Rights of Women) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWCA Civ 91, [2016] 1 WLR 2543, he said that that required an analysis of the policy and objects of the legislative scheme and a consideration of the purposes for which th…”