A v good post from @finishedloading.bsky.social on a case handed down by the Court of Appeal last week, which seems to suggest that mandatory orders should not be granted where statutory "powers", rather than "duties", are breached.
For reasons Gabriel gives, I think that distinction is untenable.
Lewis Graham
No mandatory orders for unlawful exercises of statutory powers administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/n...
There has, in recent years, been an increasing number of public law judgments engaging with fundamental principles on the use of judicial review remedies, primarily the use of mandatory orders. Som…
