The HRLA Judicial Review Competition is an annual competition run by the Young Lawyers’ Committee. The competition is open to law students throughout the United Kingdom. It involves teams of two submitting paper applications for permission to judicial review. From the applicants 8 teams are chosen to make an oral application for permission at a London Chambers before human rights practitioners. The two teams who are awarded the highest scores for their oral permission application go on to compete in the final, which involves the substantive judicial review. The Final is judged by eminent human rights barristers and members of the judiciary.
Entry for the HRLA Annual Judicial Review Competition 2023 is now closed. Please check back here regularly for updates on future editions of the competition.
Roll of Honour
2022 Winners
Gwen Edmunds and Abhaya Ganashree
Runners Up
Will Heath and Jacob Bartholomew-Smith
2021 Winners
Laura Jane Addo-Donga and Ben Cartwright
Runners up
Hajra Jafri and Kayode Aseweje
2020 Winners
Rosa Thomas and James Lamming
Runners up
Miranda Zeffman and Samuel Moss
2019 Winners
Blessing Mukosha Park and Pollyanna Furness
Runners up
Oliver Hirsch and Demetris Antoniades
2018 Winners
Laura Jones and Kimberely Renfrew
Runners up
Thomas Phillips and Ryan Ross
2017 Winners
John Chan and Karen Tsang
Runners up
Anurag Deb and Declan Durey
2016 Winners
Emma Foubister and John Fitzsimons
Runners up
Hannah Gardiner and Lucy Meredith
2015 Winners
Ami Jones and Scarlett Milligan
Runners up
Mathias Cheung and Zara McGlone
2014 Winners
Ben Woolgar and Jyoti Wood
Runners up
Daniel Isenberg and Mickey Keller
2013 Winners
Jelia Sane and Matthew Fraser
Runners up
Seraphina Chew and Yong Chong
The HRLA is tremendously grateful to its competition supporters.
