The development of judicial review has been one of law's great growth industries for more than a quarter of a century. It is the public bodies whose activities are routinely subjected to judicial scrutiny which have felt the effects of judicial review most keenly. There has also been a trend in recent years towards judicial review of private bodies whose activities include a public aspect. This has meant a growing awareness,in industry and commerce, of the potential for review of regulatory decisions. In light of the growing importance of this branch of public law, the LSE and Brick Court Chambers decided jointly to host a series of seminars out of which this book has developed. In this important new book expert academics and practitioners (some of them lawyers working in regulated industries) analyse the origins and modern growth of judicial review in the commercial context and attempt to analyse the way in which the law may develop in the future.

...this book brings together the expertise of academics and the experience of practitioners in an ever expanding area of law, which is of great significance both to public and commercial lawyers alike. D. Chatzimanoli European Review of Public Law September 2002 ...a valuable addition to an area that receives scant attention. Mark Furse Business Law Review September 2002

Julia Black is a Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Peter Muchlinski is Professor of Law at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Paul Walker is a High Court Judge.