Tag: non-justiciability
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Dane Luo: The Anomalous Islands of Public Interest Functions Immune from Judicial Review
The Attorney-General is an ancient office that is endowed with a very wide range of discretionary powers and functions. Some of those are classed as ‘public interest functions’. These derive from statutes and the prerogative, and include granting consent for certain prosecutions, applying for orders preventing vexatious litigants from bringing proceedings, entering a nolle prosequi,…