Judicial Review Competition
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.
Annual Competition.
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Entry for the HRLA Annual Judicial Review Competition 2023 is now closed.
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
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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
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2018
Winners:
Laura Jones and Kimberely Renfrew
Runners up:
Thomas Phillips and Ryan Ross
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2017
Winners:
John Chan and Karen Tsang
Runners up:
Anurag Deb and Declan Durey
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2016
Winners:
Emma Foubister and John Fitzsimons
Runners up:
Hannah Gardiner and Lucy Meredith
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2015
Winners:
Ami Jones and Scarlett Milligan
Runners up:
Mathias Cheung and Zara McGlone
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2014
Winners:
Ben Woolgar and Jyoti Wood
Runners up:
Daniel Isenberg and Mickey Keller
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2013
Winners:
Jelia Sane and Matthew Fraser
Runners up:
Seraphina Chew and Yong Chong
The HRLA is tremendously grateful to its competition supporters