R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, ex parte Datafin Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE MASTER OF THE ROLLS,LORD JUSTICE LLOYD,LORD JUSTICE NICHOLLS
Judgment Date05 December 1986
Judgment citation (vLex)[1986] EWCA Civ J1205-3
Docket Number86/1091
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date05 December 1986
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  • SGX-ST reprimand subjected to judicial review
    • Singapore
    • Mondaq Singapore
    • 15 July 2012
    ...the case law on judicial review, such as the English case of Reg v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, ex parte Datafin plc And Another [1987] 1 QB 815 and Singapore cases such as Public Service Commission v Lai Swee Lin Linda [2001] 1 SLR 644 and UDL Marine (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Jurong Town C......
  • No scope for judicial review of FOS (Financial Ombudsman Service) decision
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 16 January 2013
    ...company, was amenable to judicial review. English Courts apply the test from R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers; Ex parte Datafin Plc [1987] QB 815 (Datafin) to determine whether private entities are subject to judicial review. Historically, judicial review was confined to exercises of sta......
63 books & journal articles
  • Misfeasance in public office: a very peculiar tort.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 35 No. 1, April 2011
    • 1 April 2011
    ...Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). (295) The leading case is R v Panel on Take-Overs and Mergers; Ex parte Datafin plc [1987] 1 QB 815. (296) Three Rivers [2003] 2AC (297) Ibid 230. (298) Ibid 229. See also Percy v Church of Scotland [2006] 2 AC 28, 38 [17] (Lord Nicholls)......
  • Griffith University V Tang, ‘Under an Enactment’ and Limiting Access to Judicial Review
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-3, September 2005
    • 1 September 2005
    ...including a discussion of the applicability of decisions such as R v Panel on Take-overs & Mergers; Ex parte Datafin plc [1987] 1 QB 815 and cases in Australia that have considered that decision, see Daniel Stewart, 'Non-Statutory Review of Private Decisions by Public Bodies' (2005) 47 AIAL......
  • The Alchemists' Search for the Philosophers' Stone: The Status of Registered Social Landlords under the Human Rights Act
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 66-5, September 2003
    • 1 September 2003
    ...of Parkhurst Prison, ex parte Leech [1988] AC 533, 561.83 See RvCriminal Injuries Compensation Board, ex parte Lain [1967] 2 QB 864.84 [1987] QB 815.85 Ibid, per Sir John Donaldson MR at 824.86 Ibid, 847.The Alchemists’ Search for the Philosophers’ StoneSeptember 2003]711rThe Modern Law Rev......
  • Democracy, Liberty and the Prerogative: The Displacement of Inherent Executive Power by Statute
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 41-2, June 2013
    • 1 June 2013
    ...the Law (T & J W Johnson, 1876) vol 8, 5. 16 Note also Lloyd LJ's statement in R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers; Ex parte Datafin Plc [1987] QB 815, 848 that '[s]trictly the term “prerogative” should be confined to those powers which are unique to the Crown', which is consistent with the......
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