18. Manifest unreasonableness.
(2) Abuse of Power
(i) Irrationality
18. Manifest unreasonableness.
A decision of a tribunal or other body exercising a statutory discretion will be quashed for 'irrationality'1, or as is often said, for 'Wednesbury unreasonableness'2.
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