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<p>The use of judicial review more than tripled between 2000 and 2013, from around
4,300 applications to around 15,700. The increase has been driven mainly by immigration
and asylum cases but civil judicial reviews have increased by around 27% over the
same period, from 1,745 in 2000 to 2,210 in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 only around
1,400 of 7,600 applications considered for permission, including at an oral renewal,
were granted permission to proceed to a final hearing. Between 1 October 2012 and
31 December 2013 around 30% of judicial reviews which reached the permission stage
or oral renewal were found to be totally without merit.</p><p> </p><p>The governemnt
is determined to improve the judicial review process. The rationale for the Government's
reforms is set out in ‘Judicial review: further proposals for reform – the Government
response' (<a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review"
target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review</a>).
The Government is determined to improve the judicial review process so that it is
not open to abuse and arguable cases can proceed quickly to final resolution.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government is clear that judicial review is, and will remain, an important
means to ensure the actions of Government and other bodies are lawful.</p><p> </p>
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