The Court dismissed a self-represented applicant's judicial review of decisions to suspend his driver licence on medical fitness grounds, finding no ground of review had a real prospect of success. The Court held that under reg 80(3) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2019, the Secretary may rely on a police report as credible information to suspend a licence pending medical assessment without first seeking the licence holder's views, and that reg 80(1) must be construed to encompass circumstances where a required medical report has not been provided. The Court also held that pre-emptive orders in the nature of prohibition were inappropriate where no arguable ground of review was established, and that certiorari would be futile where the licence suspension had already been lifted.
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