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Legitimate expectation in Singapore law

April 10, 2023

The doctrine of legitimate expectation in Singapore protects both procedural and substantive rights. In administrative law, a legitimate expectation generally arises when there has been a representation of a certain outcome by the public authorities to an individual. To derogate from the representation may amount to an abuse of power or unfairness. The doctrine of legitimate expectation as a ground to quash decisions of public authorities has been firmly established by the English courts. Thus, where a public authority has made a representation to an individual who would be affected by a decision by the authority, the individual has a legitimate expectation to have his or her views heard before the decision is taken. Alternatively, an individual may also have a legitimate expectation to a substantive right. The recognition of substantive legitimate expectations is somewhat controversial as it requires a balancing of the requirements of fairness against the reasons for any change in the authority's policy. This suggests the adoption of a free-standing proportionality approach, which has been said not to apply in administrative law.

Members of the largely public-sector trade union UNISON on strike for better pay at The Forum in Norwich, UK, in July 2008. In both the UK and Singapore, where a public authority has made a clear representation to individuals regarding a certain policy position it has taken, such as their remuneration, these persons have a legitimate expectation to be consulted before the policy is changed, and possibly also a legitimate expectation that the original policy should apply to them.

The procedural dimension of the doctrine of legitimate expectation has been recognized by Singapore courts and, since 2013, the substantive form of the doctrine as well. However, whether the courts will adopt the UK approach with regard to measuring legitimate expectation with the ruler of proportionality remains an open question.

Development of the doctrine in the English courts

Legitimate expectation of a procedural right

 
A model of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, UK, popularly known as "The Doughnut". A 1983 case decided by the House of Lords involving GCHQ employees established the principle that a clear representation by a public authority that it will hold a consultation before making a decision can give rise to a legitimate expectation that such a consultation, and that a decision can be quashed if the expectation is not fulfilled.

The doctrine of legitimate expectation originates from common law principles of fairness. English courts developed this doctrine largely to encourage good administration and prevent abuses by decision-makers.[1] Generally, the courts will grant judicial review of an administrative decision based on an individual's legitimate expectation if a public authority has made a representation to the individual within its powers. The individual has to show that the representation was a clear and unambiguous promise, an established practice or a public announcement. This is largely a factual inquiry.

The key idea is that under certain circumstances where a representation has been made by a public authority to an individual who would be affected by a decision by the authority, the individual expects to be heard before the decision is made. To deny the right to be heard amounts to unfairness. The court will thus be inclined to quash a decision if there has been unfairness and reliance by the individual on the representation to his detriment. This is demonstrated in the 1983 House of Lords decision Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service (the GCHQ case).[2] This case involved the trade unions of employees of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a government signals and intelligence department, who argued that they had an expectation to be consulted before the Minister took the decision to deny them the right to join trade unions. The Minister argued that it had been necessary to take that step as the trade unions were conducting strikes that crippled GCHQ operations and threatened the national security of the United Kingdom. The Court established that in the past the trade unions had been consulted on employment-related matters, even though it was not a rule. However, their Lordships clearly recognized that an individual can have a legitimate expectation to be consulted before a decision is taken when it is proven that this is the practice. Such a representation can come in the form of a clear and unambiguous promise to hear the individual or an established practice to consult those affected before taking the decision. Nonetheless, on the facts of the case, their Lordships agreed that they could not review the Minister's decision even though there was an enforceable legitimate expectation as the decision had been made on national security grounds.

Legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit

 
The Royal Courts of Justice in London, where the Court of Appeal of England and Wales sits. In a 1999 case, the Court controversially held that individuals can have a legitimate expectation to receive a substantive benefit, not merely a procedural right.

The English courts initially wavered in recognizing that an individual has a legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit arising from a representation from the authorities. The notion of protecting a substantive legitimate expectation was espoused in the 1995 High Court decision in R. v. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Hamble (Off-shore) Fisheries Ltd.[3] In that controversial case, Justice Stephen Sedley formulated the framework for legitimate expectations as the balance of the requirements of fairness against the decision-maker's reasons to change the policy.[4] This was in step with the development of the doctrine of proportionality as prescribed in the Treaty on European Union,[5] and in European Court of Justice case law.[6] The decision wove proportionality back into the fabric of judicial review in the UK under the banner of an expanding doctrine of "fair administration" despite the clear rejection of proportionality as a self-standing ground of review by the House of Lords in R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Brind (1991).[7]

In 1996, the Court of Appeal opined in R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Hargreaves[8] that "[o]n matters of substance (as contrasted with procedure) Wednesbury provides the correct test". In Associated Provincial Picture Houses v. Wednesbury Corporation (1947),[9] the High Court had introduced the idea of Wednesbury unreasonableness, that is, a public authority's decision is unlawful if, although they have "kept within the four corners of the matters they ought to consider, they have nevertheless come to a conclusion so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could ever have come to it".[10] The inference to be made from ex parte Hargreaves was that where an applicant claimed to have a substantive expectation, it was not for the court to judge if that expectation should be protected vis-à-vis the broader public interest. The court should only intervene if the decision-maker's exercise of its discretion satisfied the Wednesbury threshold.

However, the courts' role in protecting substantive legitimate expectations was clearly established by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in R. v. North and East Devon Health Authority, ex parte Coughlan (1999).[11] The case involved an applicant who was promised by her local authority that a new nursing home would be her "home for life". The Court granted the application for review on the ground that the applicant had a legitimate expectation to have the substantive benefit of staying in the nursing home as promised by the local authority. It also set out the approach to be taken in safeguarding procedural and substantive legitimate expectations. Where procedural legitimate expectations were concerned, courts would require an opportunity for consultation to be given unless there was an overriding reason to resile from it (such as the national security concern that arose in the GCHQ case). As regards substantive legitimate expectations, courts would decide whether cases lie "... in what may inelegantly be called the macro-political field",[12] or are those "where the expectation is confined to one person or a few people, giving the promise or representation the character of a contract".[13] In the first situation, the public authority "is only required to bear in mind its previous policy or other representation, giving it the weight it thinks right, but no more, before deciding whether to change course", and the court may only review the authority's decision on the ground of Wednesbury unreasonableness.[14] On the other hand, when assessing a case in the second situation, the court decides whether for an authority to frustrate an expectation is so unfair that it amounts to an abuse of power. The court must weigh the requirements of fairness towards the individual against any overriding interests relied by the authorities to justify the change of policy.[14]

A slightly different approach has been adopted by Lord Justice of Appeal John Laws. In R. v. Secretary of State for Education and Employment, ex parte Begbie (1999),[12] he suggested that the Coughlan categories are not "hermetically sealed",[15][16] and in Nadarajah v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (2005),[17] he expanded on this by taking a proportionality approach:[18]

[A] public body's promise or practice as to future conduct may only be denied ... in circumstances where to do so is the public body's legal duty, or is otherwise ... a proportionate response (of which the court is the judge, or the last judge) having regard to a legitimate aim pursued by the public body in the public interest.

In Coughlan the view was expressed that the court will assess whether it is unfair for an authority to frustrate a legitimate expectation when the expectation is "confined to one person or a few people, giving the promise or representation the character of a contract".[13] In R. (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) (2007),[19] it was accepted that members of a group of close to a thousand or even up to several thousand people[20] could have a legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit following the government's announcement of its intentions.[21]

Where a person convinces the court that his or her substantive legitimate expectation has been frustrated, the usual remedy is for the court to order that the public authority fulfil the expectation. However, in R. (Bibi) v. Newham London Borough Council (2001)[22] it was held that when the decision in question is "informed by social and political value judgments as to priorities of expenditure" it is more appropriate for the authority to make the decision,[23] and the court may order that the authority should merely reconsider its decision, taking into account the person's substantive legitimate expectation.[24]

Coughlan has been criticized for allowing the doctrine of proportionality to affect administrative law, as the court has to judge the merits of a case when granting a review on grounds of substantive legitimate expectation and, in a sense, usurp the discretion of the executive branch of government. This is arguably inconsistent with the court's traditional role in judicial review which is to avoid examining the merits of administrative decisions and only scrutinize them for compliance with the law.[25]

Singapore

Legitimate expectation of a procedural right

 
A night view of the Supreme Court of Singapore from the lane between the Old Supreme Court Building and City Hall. The existence of the legitimate expectation doctrine has been accepted by the Singapore courts.

Singaporean courts have accepted the existence of both procedural and substantive legitimate expectations. In Re Siah Mooi Guat (1988),[26] the applicant was a Malaysian national who was declared a prohibited immigrant under section 8(3)(k) of the Immigration Act[27] and had her re-entry permit to Singapore and employment pass cancelled. As the applicant's appeal to the Minister for Home Affairs was rejected, the applicant took out an application to the High Court to quash the decision of the Minister. One ground of the application was that the applicant had a legitimate expectation to two procedural rights: the opportunity to make representations to the Minister before he considered her case under the Immigration Act, and the duty of the Minister to give reasons for his decision.[28]

In his judgment, Justice T. S. Sinnathuray considered Schmidt v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1968),[29] decided by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. He found that the procedural principles that govern the administration of Singapore's immigration laws were similar to those in the UK. In Schmidt it was decided that an alien has no right to enter the country except by leave and the Home Secretary can refuse leave without giving any reason; that if an alien is given leave to enter the country for a limited period he has no right to stay, and no legitimate expectation of being allowed to stay, for a day longer than the permitted period; and that an alien's application for an extension of his stay can be refused without reasons and without a hearing as the rules of natural justice do not apply.[30] Furthermore, in Schmidt Lord Denning had espoused the obiter view that where an alien's permit to stay "is revoked before the time limit expires, he ought ... to be given the opportunity of making representations: for he would have a legitimate expectation of being allowed to stay for a permitted time".[31] This argument was advanced by Siah's counsel to persuade the court that "an alien who is in possession of an entry permit which has not yet expired is in the country lawfully until the date of expiry and, therefore, he has an interest during the unexpired portion that carries with it a public law right to a fair procedure, if and when the minister desires to terminate that leave to stay prematurely". The High Court judge considered this proposition and conceded that it was an "attractive" one. However, he ultimately dismissed the argument by saying that it had "not been supported by any English authority",[32] and that the position in Singapore is "quite different". He stated that Parliament had already provided in the Immigration Act for appeals and the right to be heard has been given statutory recognition and protection in the Act,[33] and the applicant had already availed herself of the right to appeal. The Minister was not required to give reasons for his rejection of the appeal under the common law or the Immigration Act.[34]

Legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit

The existence of the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation in Singapore public law was accepted by the Court of Appeal in the case of Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v. Public Prosecutor.[35] In his judgment written on behalf of the Court, Chief Justice Yong Pung How stated that the idea behind the doctrine is that certain "expectations could, in suitable circumstances, be deserving of protection, even though they did not acquire the force of a legal right".[36] Nonetheless, the Court stated: "[W]e were not concerned with judicial review, nor were we deciding whether any claim of a legitimate expectation could estop the Prisons Department in future from applying the interpretation which we gave to life imprisonment. That was a separate matter which was not under consideration here."[37]

 
The URA Centre, photographed in January 2006. A 2009 decision of the High Court involving the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) confirmed that the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation applies in Singapore.

Other decided cases also do not indicate whether the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation will be developed in the way it has been developed in the UK. In Siah Mooi Guat, another argument the applicant raised was that she had a legitimate expectation to continue to reside in Singapore until the expiry of her re-entry permit.[38] Sinnathuray J. distinguished Attorney-General of Hong Kong v. Ng Yuen Shiu (1983),[39] a Privy Council case on appeal from Hong Kong, from the case at hand. In the Privy Council case there had been an express promise made to Ng by the Government of Hong Kong which had created a substantive legitimate expectation. In the present case, no promise had been made to be applicant that her stay in Singapore was to be conditioned by any considerations other than those provided in the Immigration Act and related regulations. No substantive legitimate expectation arose in the applicant's favour, following the dictum of Lord Fraser of Tullybelton in the GCHQ case that legitimate expectation arises "either from an express promise given on behalf of a public authority or from the existence of a regular practice which the claimant can reasonably expect to continue".[40] Thus, the judge did not discuss the detailed legal rules to be applied to determine when an aggrieved person may be said to have a legitimate expectation to a substantive right.

In Borissik Svetlana v. Urban Redevelopment Authority (2009),[41] the applicant and her husband owned a semi-detached house which they wished to redevelop. In 2002, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) had issued a circular imposing certain restrictions on the redevelopment of semi-detached houses. The URA rejected the applicant's redevelopment application on the basis of the circular. Counsel for the applicant argued before the High Court that the applicant had a legitimate expectation that the proposal to redevelop the house would be approved. The Court held that the URA had not acted in a way that could have led the applicant to have such a legitimate expectation.[42] It adopted four conditions set out in De Smith's Judicial Review (6th ed., 2007)[43] to determine whether a legitimate expectation has been created: the public body's representation must be clear, unambiguous and devoid of any relevant qualification; induced by the conduct of the decision-maker; made by a person with actual or ostensible authority; and applicable to the applicant, who belongs to the class of persons to whom the representation is reasonably expected to apply.[44] The only legitimate expectation that could have arisen after the 2002 circular had been issued was that the URA would act in accordance with those guidelines unless the circumstances were such that an exception has to be made.[45] The applicant in Borissik argued that she had a legitimate expectation to a substantive right, but since the Court decided that the URA had made no clear representation to her, it did not make any pronouncements on the approach that should be taken towards substantive legitimate expectations in Singapore.

In UDL Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. v. Jurong Town Corp. (2011),[46] the High Court "entertain[ed] some doubt" as to whether the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation is part of Singapore law, but did not discuss the matter further as neither the respondent nor the Attorney-General had made submissions on the issue.[47] Subsequently, however, in Chiu Teng @ Kallang Pte. Ltd. v. Singapore Land Authority (2013)[48] a differently constituted High Court held that substantive legitimate expectation should be recognized as a ground of judicial review if the following conditions are satisfied:[49]

(a) The applicant must prove that the statement or representation made by the public authority was unequivocal and unqualified;

(i) if the statement or representation is open to more than one natural interpretation, the interpretation applied by the public authority will be adopted; and
(ii) the presence of a disclaimer or non-reliance clause would cause the statement or representation to be qualified.

(b) The applicant must prove the statement or representation was made by someone with actual or ostensible authority to do so on behalf of the public authority.
(c) The applicant must prove that the statement or representation was made to him or to a class of persons to which he clearly belongs. (d) The applicant must prove that it was reasonable for him to rely on the statement or representation in the circumstances of his case:

(i) if the applicant knew that the statement or representation was made in error and chose to capitalise on the error, he will not be entitled to any relief;
(ii) similarly, if he suspected that the statement or representation was made in error and chose not to seek clarification when he could have done so, he will not be entitled to any relief;
(iii) if there is reason and opportunity to make enquiries and the applicant did not, he will not be entitled to any relief.

(e) The applicant must prove that he did rely on the statement or representation and that he suffered a detriment as a result.
(f) Even if all the above requirements are met, the court should nevertheless not grant relief if:

(i) giving effect to the statement or representation will result in a breach of the law or the State’s international obligations;
(ii) giving effect to the statement or representation will infringe the accrued rights of some member of the public;
(iii) the public authority can show an overriding national or public interest which justifies the frustration of the applicant's expectation.

Assessment

Academics have expressed scepticism as to whether the doctrine of legitimate expectation should apply to substantive rights. Thio Li-ann argues that legitimate expectations should relate only to procedural rather than substantive rights.[50] Procedural protection only has a minimal impact on the administrative autonomy of the relevant public authority, since the court is only concerned with the manner in which the decision was made and not whether the decision was fair. Thus, the ultimate autonomy of public authorities is never placed in jeopardy.[51] Conversely, as Mark Elliot posits, giving effect to a substantive legitimate expectation impinges on the separation of powers.[52] The authority has been entrusted by Parliament to make decisions about the allocation of resources in public interest. Applying legitimate expectation substantively allows the courts to inquire into the merits of the decision. Such interference with the public authority's discretion would be overstepping their role and exceeding their proper constitutional function.

On the other hand, in Coughlan the Court of Appeal cited the following passage from R. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd. (1990):[53]

If a public authority so conducts itself as to create a legitimate expectation that a certain course will be followed it would often be unfair if the authority were permitted to follow a different course to the detriment of one who entertained the expectation, particularly if he acted on it. ... The doctrine of legitimate expectation is rooted in fairness.[54]

The Court of Appeal emphasized that the approach taken in that case made no formal distinction between procedural and substantive unfairness.[55] Substantive legitimate expectation does not intrude upon the executive's policy-making powers, as it is for public authorities, acting within their statutory powers, to adopt or change policies. The reasons for doing so are not usually open to judicial review. On the other hand, it is the job of the courts to determine whether an authority's application of a policy to an individual who has been led to expect something different is a just exercise of power.[56]

Notes

  1. ^ Peter Leyland; Gordon Anthony (2009), "Legitimate Expectations", Textbook on Administrative Law (6th ed.), Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, pp. 313–330 at 313, ISBN 978-0-19-921776-2.
  2. ^ Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [1983] UKHL 6, [1985] A.C. 374, House of Lords (UK) ("GCHQ case").
  3. ^ R. v. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Hamble (Off-shore) Fisheries Ltd. [1995] 2 All E.R. 714, High Court (Queen's Bench) (England & Wales).
  4. ^ Hamble, p. 724 per Sedley J.: "[L]egitimacy is a relative concept, to be gauged proportionately to the legal and policy implications of the expectation".
  5. ^ Treaty on European Union (7 February 1992), [1992] 1 C.M.L.R. [Common Market Law Reports] 573, Art. 5(3).
  6. ^ See, e.g., Brasserie du Pêcheur S.A. v. Germany; R. v. Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd. [1996] EUECJ C-46/93, Case C-46/93, [1996] E.C.R. I-1029, [1996] Q.B. 404, European Court of Justice.
  7. ^ R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Brind [1991] UKHL 4, [1991] 1 A.C. 696, H.L.
  8. ^ R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Hargreaves [1996] EWCA Civ 1006, [1997] 1 W.L.R. 906, Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
  9. ^ Associated Provincial Picture Houses v. Wednesbury Corporation [1947] EWCA Civ 1, [1948] 1 K.B. 223, C.A. (England & Wales)
  10. ^ Wednesbury, p. 234.
  11. ^ R. v. North and East Devon Health Authority, ex parte Coughlan [1999] EWCA Civ 1871, [2001] Q.B. 213, C.A.
  12. ^ a b R. v. Secretary of State for Education and Employment, ex parte Begbie [1999] EWCA Civ 2100, [2000] 1 W.L.R. 1115 at 1131, C.A. (England & Wales).
  13. ^ a b Coughlan, p. 242, para. 59.
  14. ^ a b Coughlan, pp. 241–242, para. 57.
  15. ^ Ex parte Begbie, p. 1130.
  16. ^ Leyland & Anthony, pp. 322–323.
  17. ^ Nadarajah v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] EWCA Civ 1363, C.A. (England & Wales).
  18. ^ Nadarajah, para. 68.
  19. ^ R. (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) [2007] EWCA Civ 498, [2008] Q.B. 365, C.A.
  20. ^ R. (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2000] EWHC 413 (Admin), [2001] Q.B. 1067 at 1078, para. 6, H.C. (Q.B.) (England & Wales).
  21. ^ Bancoult (No. 2), pp. 407–408, paras. 73–76.
  22. ^ R. (Bibi) v. Newham London Borough Council [2001] EWCA Civ 607, [2002] 1 W.L.R. 237, C.A. (England & Wales).
  23. ^ Bibi, p. 252, para. 64.
  24. ^ Bibi, p. 252, para. 67. See Leyland & Anthony, pp. 324–325.
  25. ^ Leyland & Anthony, pp. 323–325.
  26. ^ Re Siah Mooi Guat [1988] 2 S.L.R.(R.) [Singapore Law Reports (Reissue)] 165, High Court (Singapore).
  27. ^ Immigration Act (Cap. 133, 1985 Rev. Ed.).
  28. ^ Siah Mooi Guat, p. 172, para. 16.
  29. ^ Schmidt v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs [1968] EWCA Civ 1, [1969] 2 Ch. 149, C.A. (England and Wales).
  30. ^ Cited in Siah Mooi Guat, p. 178, para. 31.
  31. ^ Schmidt, p. 171.
  32. ^ Siah Mooi Guat, p. 178, paras. 32–33.
  33. ^ Immigration Act, s. 8(6).
  34. ^ Siah Mooi Guat, pp. 178–179, para. 34.
  35. ^ Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v. Public Prosecutor , [1997] 2 S.L.R.(R.) 842, Court of Appeal (Singapore), archived from the original on 24 December 2011.
  36. ^ Abdul Nasir, p. 858, para. 55.
  37. ^ Abdul Nasir, p. 858, para. 54.
  38. ^ Siah Mooi Guat, p. 172, para. 15.
  39. ^ Attorney-General of Hong Kong v. Ng Yuen Shiu [1983] UKPC 2, [1983] 2 A.C. 629, Privy Council (on appeal from Hong Kong).
  40. ^ GCHQ case, p. 401.
  41. ^ Borissik v. Urban Redevelopment Authority [2009] SGHC 154, [2009] 4 S.L.R.(R.) 92, High Court (Singapore).
  42. ^ Borissik, p. 105, para. 46.
  43. ^ Lord Woolf; Jeffrey [L.] Jowell; Andrew [P.] Le Sueur; Catherine M[ary] Donnelly (2007), De Smith's Judicial Review (6th ed.), London: Sweet & Maxwell, para. 4-051, ISBN 978-1-84703-467-0.
  44. ^ Borissik, p. 105, para. 49.
  45. ^ Borissik, p. 106, para. 52.
  46. ^ UDL Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. v. Jurong Town Corp. [2011] 3 S.L.R. 94, H.C. (Singapore).
  47. ^ UDL Marine, p. 115, para. 66.
  48. ^ Chiu Teng @ Kallang Pte. Ltd. v. Singapore Land Authority (2013) [2014] 1 S.L.R. 1047, H.C. (Singapore). For commentary, see Chen Zhida (2014), (PDF), Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 26: 237–248, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015; Charles Tay Kuan Seng (2014), (PDF), Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 26: 609–648, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2015; and Swati Jhaveri (10 March 2015), , Singapore Public Law, archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
  49. ^ Chiu Teng, pp. 1089–1090, para. 119.
  50. ^ Thio Li-ann (1996), "Law and the Administrative State", in Kevin Y L Tan (ed.), The Singapore Legal System, Singapore: Singapore University Press, pp. 160–229 at 190, ISBN 978-9971-69-213-1.
  51. ^ Lord Irvine of Lairg (1999), (PDF), Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 11: 265–283 at 275, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011.
  52. ^ Mark Elliot (March 2000), "Coughlan: Substantive Protection of Legitimate Expectations Revisited", Judicial Review, 5 (1): 27–32 at 27, doi:10.1080/10854681.2000.11427098, S2CID 180614939.
  53. ^ R. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd. [1990] 1 W.L.R. 1545, Divisional Court (England & Wales).
  54. ^ MFK Underwriting Agents at pp. 1569–1570, cited in Coughlan, p. 247, para. 72.
  55. ^ Coughlan, p. 247, para. 73.
  56. ^ Coughlan, p. 251, para. 82.

References

Cases

Singapore

  • Re Siah Mooi Guat [1988] 2 S.L.R.(R.) [Singapore Law Reports (Reissue)] 165, High Court (Singapore).
  • Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v. Public Prosecutor , [1997] 2 S.L.R.(R.) 842, Court of Appeal (Singapore), archived from on 24 December 2011.
  • Borissik v. Urban Redevelopment Authority [2009] SGHC 154, [2009] 4 S.L.R.(R.) 92, High Court (Singapore).
  • Chiu Teng @ Kallang Pte. Ltd. v. Singapore Land Authority (2013) [2014] 1 S.L.R. 1047, H.C. (Singapore).

United Kingdom

Other works

Further reading

Articles

  • Knight, C.J.S (January 2009), "Expectations in Transition: Recent Developments in Legitimate Expectations", Public Law: 15–24.
  • Pandya, Abhijit P.G. (June 2009), "Legitimate Expectations in English Law: Too Deferential an Approach?", Judicial Review, 14 (2): 170–176, doi:10.1080/10854681.2009.11426601, S2CID 155977435.
  • Roberts, Melanie (January 2001), "Public Law Representations and Substantive Legitimate Expectations", Modern Law Review, 64 (1): 112–122, doi:10.1111/1468-2230.00312, JSTOR 1097141.
  • Sales, Philip; Steyn, Karen (2004), "Legitimate Expectations in English Law: An Analysis", Public Law: 564–653.
  • Schønberg, Søren; Craig, Paul (2000), "Substantive Legitimate Expectations after Coughlan", Public Law: 684–701.
  • Steele, Iain (April 2005), "Substantive Legitimate Expectations: Striking the Right Balance?", Law Quarterly Review, 121: 300–328.
  • Watson, Jack (December 2010), "Clarity and Ambiguity: A New Approach to the Test of Legitimacy in the Law of Legitimate Expectations", Legal Studies, 30 (4): 633–652, doi:10.1111/j.1748-121X.2010.00177.x, S2CID 143317431.

Books

  • Schønberg, Søren J. (2000), Legitimate Expectations in Administrative Law, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-829947-9.
  • Thomas, Robert (2000), Legitimate Expectations and Proportionality in Administrative Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84113-086-6.
  • Wade, William; Forsyth, Christopher (2009), Administrative Law (10th ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 446–457, ISBN 978-0-19-923161-4.

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The doctrine of legitimate expectation in Singapore protects both procedural and substantive rights In administrative law a legitimate expectation generally arises when there has been a representation of a certain outcome by the public authorities to an individual To derogate from the representation may amount to an abuse of power or unfairness The doctrine of legitimate expectation as a ground to quash decisions of public authorities has been firmly established by the English courts Thus where a public authority has made a representation to an individual who would be affected by a decision by the authority the individual has a legitimate expectation to have his or her views heard before the decision is taken Alternatively an individual may also have a legitimate expectation to a substantive right The recognition of substantive legitimate expectations is somewhat controversial as it requires a balancing of the requirements of fairness against the reasons for any change in the authority s policy This suggests the adoption of a free standing proportionality approach which has been said not to apply in administrative law Members of the largely public sector trade union UNISON on strike for better pay at The Forum in Norwich UK in July 2008 In both the UK and Singapore where a public authority has made a clear representation to individuals regarding a certain policy position it has taken such as their remuneration these persons have a legitimate expectation to be consulted before the policy is changed and possibly also a legitimate expectation that the original policy should apply to them The procedural dimension of the doctrine of legitimate expectation has been recognized by Singapore courts and since 2013 the substantive form of the doctrine as well However whether the courts will adopt the UK approach with regard to measuring legitimate expectation with the ruler of proportionality remains an open question Contents 1 Development of the doctrine in the English courts 1 1 Legitimate expectation of a procedural right 1 2 Legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit 2 Singapore 2 1 Legitimate expectation of a procedural right 2 2 Legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit 3 Assessment 4 Notes 5 References 5 1 Cases 5 1 1 Singapore 5 1 2 United Kingdom 5 2 Other works 6 Further reading 6 1 Articles 6 2 BooksDevelopment of the doctrine in the English courts EditLegitimate expectation of a procedural right Edit A model of Government Communications Headquarters GCHQ in Cheltenham UK popularly known as The Doughnut A 1983 case decided by the House of Lords involving GCHQ employees established the principle that a clear representation by a public authority that it will hold a consultation before making a decision can give rise to a legitimate expectation that such a consultation and that a decision can be quashed if the expectation is not fulfilled The doctrine of legitimate expectation originates from common law principles of fairness English courts developed this doctrine largely to encourage good administration and prevent abuses by decision makers 1 Generally the courts will grant judicial review of an administrative decision based on an individual s legitimate expectation if a public authority has made a representation to the individual within its powers The individual has to show that the representation was a clear and unambiguous promise an established practice or a public announcement This is largely a factual inquiry The key idea is that under certain circumstances where a representation has been made by a public authority to an individual who would be affected by a decision by the authority the individual expects to be heard before the decision is made To deny the right to be heard amounts to unfairness The court will thus be inclined to quash a decision if there has been unfairness and reliance by the individual on the representation to his detriment This is demonstrated in the 1983 House of Lords decision Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service the GCHQ case 2 This case involved the trade unions of employees of the Government Communications Headquarters GCHQ a government signals and intelligence department who argued that they had an expectation to be consulted before the Minister took the decision to deny them the right to join trade unions The Minister argued that it had been necessary to take that step as the trade unions were conducting strikes that crippled GCHQ operations and threatened the national security of the United Kingdom The Court established that in the past the trade unions had been consulted on employment related matters even though it was not a rule However their Lordships clearly recognized that an individual can have a legitimate expectation to be consulted before a decision is taken when it is proven that this is the practice Such a representation can come in the form of a clear and unambiguous promise to hear the individual or an established practice to consult those affected before taking the decision Nonetheless on the facts of the case their Lordships agreed that they could not review the Minister s decision even though there was an enforceable legitimate expectation as the decision had been made on national security grounds Legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit Edit The Royal Courts of Justice in London where the Court of Appeal of England and Wales sits In a 1999 case the Court controversially held that individuals can have a legitimate expectation to receive a substantive benefit not merely a procedural right The English courts initially wavered in recognizing that an individual has a legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit arising from a representation from the authorities The notion of protecting a substantive legitimate expectation was espoused in the 1995 High Court decision in R v Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ex parte Hamble Off shore Fisheries Ltd 3 In that controversial case Justice Stephen Sedley formulated the framework for legitimate expectations as the balance of the requirements of fairness against the decision maker s reasons to change the policy 4 This was in step with the development of the doctrine of proportionality as prescribed in the Treaty on European Union 5 and in European Court of Justice case law 6 The decision wove proportionality back into the fabric of judicial review in the UK under the banner of an expanding doctrine of fair administration despite the clear rejection of proportionality as a self standing ground of review by the House of Lords in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Brind 1991 7 In 1996 the Court of Appeal opined in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Hargreaves 8 that o n matters of substance as contrasted with procedure Wednesbury provides the correct test In Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation 1947 9 the High Court had introduced the idea of Wednesbury unreasonableness that is a public authority s decision is unlawful if although they have kept within the four corners of the matters they ought to consider they have nevertheless come to a conclusion so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could ever have come to it 10 The inference to be made from ex parte Hargreaves was that where an applicant claimed to have a substantive expectation it was not for the court to judge if that expectation should be protected vis a vis the broader public interest The court should only intervene if the decision maker s exercise of its discretion satisfied the Wednesbury threshold However the courts role in protecting substantive legitimate expectations was clearly established by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan 1999 11 The case involved an applicant who was promised by her local authority that a new nursing home would be her home for life The Court granted the application for review on the ground that the applicant had a legitimate expectation to have the substantive benefit of staying in the nursing home as promised by the local authority It also set out the approach to be taken in safeguarding procedural and substantive legitimate expectations Where procedural legitimate expectations were concerned courts would require an opportunity for consultation to be given unless there was an overriding reason to resile from it such as the national security concern that arose in the GCHQ case As regards substantive legitimate expectations courts would decide whether cases lie in what may inelegantly be called the macro political field 12 or are those where the expectation is confined to one person or a few people giving the promise or representation the character of a contract 13 In the first situation the public authority is only required to bear in mind its previous policy or other representation giving it the weight it thinks right but no more before deciding whether to change course and the court may only review the authority s decision on the ground of Wednesbury unreasonableness 14 On the other hand when assessing a case in the second situation the court decides whether for an authority to frustrate an expectation is so unfair that it amounts to an abuse of power The court must weigh the requirements of fairness towards the individual against any overriding interests relied by the authorities to justify the change of policy 14 A slightly different approach has been adopted by Lord Justice of Appeal John Laws In R v Secretary of State for Education and Employment ex parte Begbie 1999 12 he suggested that the Coughlan categories are not hermetically sealed 15 16 and in Nadarajah v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2005 17 he expanded on this by taking a proportionality approach 18 A public body s promise or practice as to future conduct may only be denied in circumstances where to do so is the public body s legal duty or is otherwise a proportionate response of which the court is the judge or the last judge having regard to a legitimate aim pursued by the public body in the public interest In Coughlan the view was expressed that the court will assess whether it is unfair for an authority to frustrate a legitimate expectation when the expectation is confined to one person or a few people giving the promise or representation the character of a contract 13 In R Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs No 2 2007 19 it was accepted that members of a group of close to a thousand or even up to several thousand people 20 could have a legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit following the government s announcement of its intentions 21 Where a person convinces the court that his or her substantive legitimate expectation has been frustrated the usual remedy is for the court to order that the public authority fulfil the expectation However in R Bibi v Newham London Borough Council 2001 22 it was held that when the decision in question is informed by social and political value judgments as to priorities of expenditure it is more appropriate for the authority to make the decision 23 and the court may order that the authority should merely reconsider its decision taking into account the person s substantive legitimate expectation 24 Coughlan has been criticized for allowing the doctrine of proportionality to affect administrative law as the court has to judge the merits of a case when granting a review on grounds of substantive legitimate expectation and in a sense usurp the discretion of the executive branch of government This is arguably inconsistent with the court s traditional role in judicial review which is to avoid examining the merits of administrative decisions and only scrutinize them for compliance with the law 25 Singapore EditLegitimate expectation of a procedural right Edit A night view of the Supreme Court of Singapore from the lane between the Old Supreme Court Building and City Hall The existence of the legitimate expectation doctrine has been accepted by the Singapore courts Singaporean courts have accepted the existence of both procedural and substantive legitimate expectations In Re Siah Mooi Guat 1988 26 the applicant was a Malaysian national who was declared a prohibited immigrant under section 8 3 k of the Immigration Act 27 and had her re entry permit to Singapore and employment pass cancelled As the applicant s appeal to the Minister for Home Affairs was rejected the applicant took out an application to the High Court to quash the decision of the Minister One ground of the application was that the applicant had a legitimate expectation to two procedural rights the opportunity to make representations to the Minister before he considered her case under the Immigration Act and the duty of the Minister to give reasons for his decision 28 In his judgment Justice T S Sinnathuray considered Schmidt v Secretary of State for Home Affairs 1968 29 decided by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales He found that the procedural principles that govern the administration of Singapore s immigration laws were similar to those in the UK In Schmidt it was decided that an alien has no right to enter the country except by leave and the Home Secretary can refuse leave without giving any reason that if an alien is given leave to enter the country for a limited period he has no right to stay and no legitimate expectation of being allowed to stay for a day longer than the permitted period and that an alien s application for an extension of his stay can be refused without reasons and without a hearing as the rules of natural justice do not apply 30 Furthermore in Schmidt Lord Denning had espoused the obiter view that where an alien s permit to stay is revoked before the time limit expires he ought to be given the opportunity of making representations for he would have a legitimate expectation of being allowed to stay for a permitted time 31 This argument was advanced by Siah s counsel to persuade the court that an alien who is in possession of an entry permit which has not yet expired is in the country lawfully until the date of expiry and therefore he has an interest during the unexpired portion that carries with it a public law right to a fair procedure if and when the minister desires to terminate that leave to stay prematurely The High Court judge considered this proposition and conceded that it was an attractive one However he ultimately dismissed the argument by saying that it had not been supported by any English authority 32 and that the position in Singapore is quite different He stated that Parliament had already provided in the Immigration Act for appeals and the right to be heard has been given statutory recognition and protection in the Act 33 and the applicant had already availed herself of the right to appeal The Minister was not required to give reasons for his rejection of the appeal under the common law or the Immigration Act 34 Legitimate expectation of a substantive benefit Edit The existence of the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation in Singapore public law was accepted by the Court of Appeal in the case of Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v Public Prosecutor 35 In his judgment written on behalf of the Court Chief Justice Yong Pung How stated that the idea behind the doctrine is that certain expectations could in suitable circumstances be deserving of protection even though they did not acquire the force of a legal right 36 Nonetheless the Court stated W e were not concerned with judicial review nor were we deciding whether any claim of a legitimate expectation could estop the Prisons Department in future from applying the interpretation which we gave to life imprisonment That was a separate matter which was not under consideration here 37 The URA Centre photographed in January 2006 A 2009 decision of the High Court involving the Urban Redevelopment Authority URA confirmed that the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation applies in Singapore Other decided cases also do not indicate whether the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation will be developed in the way it has been developed in the UK In Siah Mooi Guat another argument the applicant raised was that she had a legitimate expectation to continue to reside in Singapore until the expiry of her re entry permit 38 Sinnathuray J distinguished Attorney General of Hong Kong v Ng Yuen Shiu 1983 39 a Privy Council case on appeal from Hong Kong from the case at hand In the Privy Council case there had been an express promise made to Ng by the Government of Hong Kong which had created a substantive legitimate expectation In the present case no promise had been made to be applicant that her stay in Singapore was to be conditioned by any considerations other than those provided in the Immigration Act and related regulations No substantive legitimate expectation arose in the applicant s favour following the dictum of Lord Fraser of Tullybelton in the GCHQ case that legitimate expectation arises either from an express promise given on behalf of a public authority or from the existence of a regular practice which the claimant can reasonably expect to continue 40 Thus the judge did not discuss the detailed legal rules to be applied to determine when an aggrieved person may be said to have a legitimate expectation to a substantive right In Borissik Svetlana v Urban Redevelopment Authority 2009 41 the applicant and her husband owned a semi detached house which they wished to redevelop In 2002 the Urban Redevelopment Authority URA had issued a circular imposing certain restrictions on the redevelopment of semi detached houses The URA rejected the applicant s redevelopment application on the basis of the circular Counsel for the applicant argued before the High Court that the applicant had a legitimate expectation that the proposal to redevelop the house would be approved The Court held that the URA had not acted in a way that could have led the applicant to have such a legitimate expectation 42 It adopted four conditions set out in De Smith s Judicial Review 6th ed 2007 43 to determine whether a legitimate expectation has been created the public body s representation must be clear unambiguous and devoid of any relevant qualification induced by the conduct of the decision maker made by a person with actual or ostensible authority and applicable to the applicant who belongs to the class of persons to whom the representation is reasonably expected to apply 44 The only legitimate expectation that could have arisen after the 2002 circular had been issued was that the URA would act in accordance with those guidelines unless the circumstances were such that an exception has to be made 45 The applicant in Borissik argued that she had a legitimate expectation to a substantive right but since the Court decided that the URA had made no clear representation to her it did not make any pronouncements on the approach that should be taken towards substantive legitimate expectations in Singapore In UDL Marine Singapore Pte Ltd v Jurong Town Corp 2011 46 the High Court entertain ed some doubt as to whether the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation is part of Singapore law but did not discuss the matter further as neither the respondent nor the Attorney General had made submissions on the issue 47 Subsequently however in Chiu Teng Kallang Pte Ltd v Singapore Land Authority 2013 48 a differently constituted High Court held that substantive legitimate expectation should be recognized as a ground of judicial review if the following conditions are satisfied 49 a The applicant must prove that the statement or representation made by the public authority was unequivocal and unqualified i if the statement or representation is open to more than one natural interpretation the interpretation applied by the public authority will be adopted and ii the presence of a disclaimer or non reliance clause would cause the statement or representation to be qualified b The applicant must prove the statement or representation was made by someone with actual or ostensible authority to do so on behalf of the public authority c The applicant must prove that the statement or representation was made to him or to a class of persons to which he clearly belongs d The applicant must prove that it was reasonable for him to rely on the statement or representation in the circumstances of his case i if the applicant knew that the statement or representation was made in error and chose to capitalise on the error he will not be entitled to any relief ii similarly if he suspected that the statement or representation was made in error and chose not to seek clarification when he could have done so he will not be entitled to any relief iii if there is reason and opportunity to make enquiries and the applicant did not he will not be entitled to any relief e The applicant must prove that he did rely on the statement or representation and that he suffered a detriment as a result f Even if all the above requirements are met the court should nevertheless not grant relief if i giving effect to the statement or representation will result in a breach of the law or the State s international obligations ii giving effect to the statement or representation will infringe the accrued rights of some member of the public iii the public authority can show an overriding national or public interest which justifies the frustration of the applicant s expectation Assessment EditAcademics have expressed scepticism as to whether the doctrine of legitimate expectation should apply to substantive rights Thio Li ann argues that legitimate expectations should relate only to procedural rather than substantive rights 50 Procedural protection only has a minimal impact on the administrative autonomy of the relevant public authority since the court is only concerned with the manner in which the decision was made and not whether the decision was fair Thus the ultimate autonomy of public authorities is never placed in jeopardy 51 Conversely as Mark Elliot posits giving effect to a substantive legitimate expectation impinges on the separation of powers 52 The authority has been entrusted by Parliament to make decisions about the allocation of resources in public interest Applying legitimate expectation substantively allows the courts to inquire into the merits of the decision Such interference with the public authority s discretion would be overstepping their role and exceeding their proper constitutional function On the other hand in Coughlan the Court of Appeal cited the following passage from R v Inland Revenue Commissioners ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd 1990 53 If a public authority so conducts itself as to create a legitimate expectation that a certain course will be followed it would often be unfair if the authority were permitted to follow a different course to the detriment of one who entertained the expectation particularly if he acted on it The doctrine of legitimate expectation is rooted in fairness 54 The Court of Appeal emphasized that the approach taken in that case made no formal distinction between procedural and substantive unfairness 55 Substantive legitimate expectation does not intrude upon the executive s policy making powers as it is for public authorities acting within their statutory powers to adopt or change policies The reasons for doing so are not usually open to judicial review On the other hand it is the job of the courts to determine whether an authority s application of a policy to an individual who has been led to expect something different is a just exercise of power 56 Notes Edit Peter Leyland Gordon Anthony 2009 Legitimate Expectations Textbook on Administrative Law 6th ed Oxford New York N Y Oxford University Press pp 313 330 at 313 ISBN 978 0 19 921776 2 Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service 1983 UKHL 6 1985 A C 374 House of Lords UK GCHQ case R v Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ex parte Hamble Off shore Fisheries Ltd 1995 2 All E R 714 High Court Queen s Bench England amp Wales Hamble p 724 per Sedley J L egitimacy is a relative concept to be gauged proportionately to the legal and policy implications of the expectation Treaty on European Union 7 February 1992 1992 1 C M L R Common Market Law Reports 573 Art 5 3 See e g Brasserie du Pecheur S A v Germany R v Secretary of State for Transport ex parte Factortame Ltd 1996 EUECJ C 46 93 Case C 46 93 1996 E C R I 1029 1996 Q B 404 European Court of Justice R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Brind 1991 UKHL 4 1991 1 A C 696 H L R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Hargreaves 1996 EWCA Civ 1006 1997 1 W L R 906 Court of Appeal England and Wales Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation 1947 EWCA Civ 1 1948 1 K B 223 C A England amp Wales Wednesbury p 234 R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan 1999 EWCA Civ 1871 2001 Q B 213 C A a b R v Secretary of State for Education and Employment ex parte Begbie 1999 EWCA Civ 2100 2000 1 W L R 1115 at 1131 C A England amp Wales a b Coughlan p 242 para 59 a b Coughlan pp 241 242 para 57 Ex parte Begbie p 1130 Leyland amp Anthony pp 322 323 Nadarajah v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2005 EWCA Civ 1363 C A England amp Wales Nadarajah para 68 R Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs No 2 2007 EWCA Civ 498 2008 Q B 365 C A R Bancoult v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2000 EWHC 413 Admin 2001 Q B 1067 at 1078 para 6 H C Q B England amp Wales Bancoult No 2 pp 407 408 paras 73 76 R Bibi v Newham London Borough Council 2001 EWCA Civ 607 2002 1 W L R 237 C A England amp Wales Bibi p 252 para 64 Bibi p 252 para 67 See Leyland amp Anthony pp 324 325 Leyland amp Anthony pp 323 325 Re Siah Mooi Guat 1988 2 S L R R Singapore Law Reports Reissue 165 High Court Singapore Immigration Act Cap 133 1985 Rev Ed Siah Mooi Guat p 172 para 16 Schmidt v Secretary of State for Home Affairs 1968 EWCA Civ 1 1969 2 Ch 149 C A England and Wales Cited in Siah Mooi Guat p 178 para 31 Schmidt p 171 Siah Mooi Guat p 178 paras 32 33 Immigration Act s 8 6 Siah Mooi Guat pp 178 179 para 34 Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v Public Prosecutor 1997 SGCA 38 1997 2 S L R R 842 Court of Appeal Singapore archived from the original on 24 December 2011 Abdul Nasir p 858 para 55 Abdul Nasir p 858 para 54 Siah Mooi Guat p 172 para 15 Attorney General of Hong Kong v Ng Yuen Shiu 1983 UKPC 2 1983 2 A C 629 Privy Council on appeal from Hong Kong GCHQ case p 401 Borissik v Urban Redevelopment Authority 2009 SGHC 154 2009 4 S L R R 92 High Court Singapore Borissik p 105 para 46 Lord Woolf Jeffrey L Jowell Andrew P Le Sueur Catherine M ary Donnelly 2007 De Smith s Judicial Review 6th ed London Sweet amp Maxwell para 4 051 ISBN 978 1 84703 467 0 Borissik p 105 para 49 Borissik p 106 para 52 UDL Marine Singapore Pte Ltd v Jurong Town Corp 2011 3 S L R 94 H C Singapore UDL Marine p 115 para 66 Chiu Teng Kallang Pte Ltd v Singapore Land Authority 2013 2014 1 S L R 1047 H C Singapore For commentary see Chen Zhida 2014 Substantive Legitimate Expectations in Singapore Administrative Law PDF Singapore Academy of Law Journal 26 237 248 archived from the original PDF on 19 March 2015 Charles Tay Kuan Seng 2014 Substantive Legitimate Expectations The Singapore Reception PDF Singapore Academy of Law Journal 26 609 648 archived from the original PDF on 21 March 2015 and Swati Jhaveri 10 March 2015 Substantive Legitimate Expectations in Singapore Singapore Public Law archived from the original on 11 May 2015 Chiu Teng pp 1089 1090 para 119 Thio Li ann 1996 Law and the Administrative State in Kevin Y L Tan ed The Singapore Legal System Singapore Singapore University Press pp 160 229 at 190 ISBN 978 9971 69 213 1 Lord Irvine of Lairg 1999 The Modern Development of Public Law In Britain and the Special Impact of European Law PDF Singapore Academy of Law Journal 11 265 283 at 275 archived from the original PDF on 19 July 2011 Mark Elliot March 2000 Coughlan Substantive Protection of Legitimate Expectations Revisited Judicial Review 5 1 27 32 at 27 doi 10 1080 10854681 2000 11427098 S2CID 180614939 R v Inland Revenue Commissioners ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd 1990 1 W L R 1545 Divisional Court England amp Wales MFK Underwriting Agents at pp 1569 1570 cited in Coughlan p 247 para 72 Coughlan p 247 para 73 Coughlan p 251 para 82 References EditCases Edit Singapore Edit Re Siah Mooi Guat 1988 2 S L R R Singapore Law Reports Reissue 165 High Court Singapore Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v Public Prosecutor 1997 SGCA 38 1997 2 S L R R 842 Court of Appeal Singapore archived from on 24 December 2011 Borissik v Urban Redevelopment Authority 2009 SGHC 154 2009 4 S L R R 92 High Court Singapore Chiu Teng Kallang Pte Ltd v Singapore Land Authority 2013 2014 1 S L R 1047 H C Singapore United Kingdom Edit Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service 1983 UKHL 6 1985 A C 374 House of Lords UK GCHQ case R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan 1999 EWCA Civ 1871 2001 Q B 213 Court of Appeal England and Wales R Bibi v Newham London Borough Council 2001 EWCA Civ 607 2002 1 W L R 237 C A England amp Wales Other works Edit Leyland Peter Anthony Gordon 2009 Legitimate Expectations Textbook on Administrative Law 6th ed Oxford New York N Y Oxford University Press pp 313 330 ISBN 978 0 19 921776 2 Further reading EditArticles Edit Knight C J S January 2009 Expectations in Transition Recent Developments in Legitimate Expectations Public Law 15 24 Pandya Abhijit P G June 2009 Legitimate Expectations in English Law Too Deferential an Approach Judicial Review 14 2 170 176 doi 10 1080 10854681 2009 11426601 S2CID 155977435 Roberts Melanie January 2001 Public Law Representations and Substantive Legitimate Expectations Modern Law Review 64 1 112 122 doi 10 1111 1468 2230 00312 JSTOR 1097141 Sales Philip Steyn Karen 2004 Legitimate Expectations in English Law An Analysis Public Law 564 653 Schonberg Soren Craig Paul 2000 Substantive Legitimate Expectations after Coughlan Public Law 684 701 Steele Iain April 2005 Substantive Legitimate Expectations Striking the Right Balance Law Quarterly Review 121 300 328 Watson Jack December 2010 Clarity and Ambiguity A New Approach to the Test of Legitimacy in the Law of Legitimate Expectations Legal Studies 30 4 633 652 doi 10 1111 j 1748 121X 2010 00177 x S2CID 143317431 Books Edit Schonberg Soren J 2000 Legitimate Expectations in Administrative Law Oxford New York N Y Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 829947 9 Thomas Robert 2000 Legitimate Expectations and Proportionality in Administrative Law Oxford Hart Publishing ISBN 978 1 84113 086 6 Wade William Forsyth Christopher 2009 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