Judicial review-Application for leave to apply for judicial review-Threshold test-Whether the applicant has an arguable ground with a realistic prospect of success-Whether the threshold for leave too apply for judicial review is a low one
Criminal law-Parish Court-Trial on indictment-Order for indictment signed by the senior judge of the parish court prior to the presentation of the indictment-Order for indictment endorsed on an information which does not name all accused persons-Whether order for indictment proper-Whether trial a nullity
Illegality-Whether the senior judge of the parish court erred in law in endorsing the order for indictment on an information which does not name all the accused persons
Ultra vires-Doctrine of ultra vires in the narrow sense-Whether the senior judge of the parish court acted ultra vires her statutory authority
Judicial review-When proceedings appropriate-Availability of suitable alternative means of of raising issue-The Judicature (Parish Courts) Act, sections 272, 273, 274, 287, 289 and 291, Civil Procedure Rules, 2002, as amended, rules 56.3(1), 56.3(3)(d), 56.15(4) and (5)
