Examples Of Abuse Of Discretion

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Abuse of discretion includes the consideration of both relevant and irrelevant factors and having improper purpose. In Porter v Magill, the local councilors abused of discretion power of having improper purpose to have the council house sold rather than let to increase her re-election chance. Since the act of selling the council house at a low price is in her improper purpose to take electoral advantage that the discretion power is not exercised lawfully for a public purpose. The principle of abuse of discretion provides a ground of illegality to sought judicial review to check against the council. The last principle of illegality is infringement of convention rights that the Human Rights Act 1998 stated ‘it is unlawful for a public authority