Most people in Ireland will never have heard of Wednesbury – a market town located close to Birmingham in the west midlands and home to just over 20,000 people. Yet this little-known English town is responsible for a foundational legal ruling, which set out the basis for judicial review actions.  Back in 1948, Wednesbury Corporation granted a licence to a local cinema operator on the condition that no children under 15 were to be admitted on Sundays. The cinema owner challenged this decision in court, claiming that the imposition of the condition was outside the corporation’s powers. The court ultimately…

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