Padfield v Minister of Agriculture

Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
CourtHouse of Lords
Full case name R (on the application of Padfield and others) v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and others
Decided1968
Citations[1968] UKHL 1, [1968] AC 997
Court membership
Judges sitting
Case opinions
A minister's discretion to refuse an investigation was subject to judicial review where a refusal would frustrate the policy of an Act.
Keywords
Judicial review

Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [1968] UKHL 1 is a United Kingdom administrative law case, concerning judicial review.