42. Judicial review.

In order to preserve the traditional divide between review and appeal the judiciary were slow to incorporate the values of the European Convention on Human Rights¹ into judicial review proceedings² prior to the incorporation of the Convention into United Kingdom law³, and even within a strict review jurisdiction strong deference was shown to executive decision-making in the politically important areas of executive action⁴: provided the minister appeared to have followed a correct and fair procedure, to have acted within his powers and to have made a decision which was not clearly unreasonable under the traditional Wednesbury test⁵, the decision