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Legitimate expectations

Practical Law UK Practice Note 6-504-2351 (Approx. 24 pages)

Legitimate expectations

by Mathew Purchase KC, Matrix Chambers
A note on the public law concept of legitimate expectation and the factors that may give rise to a legitimate expectation. The note also sets out the issues which the court may take into account when deciding whether a public body has abused its position by frustrating a claimant's legitimate expectation.

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