Boddington v British Transport Police

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Boddington v British Transport Police
Court	House of Lords
Full case name	Boddington v British Transport Police
Decided	2 April 1998
Citations	[1998] UKHL 13 [1999] 2 AC 143 [1998] 2 All ER 203 [1998] 2 WLR 639
Case history
Appealed from	Divisional court
Court membership
Judges sitting	Lord Irvine Lord Browne-Wilkinson Lord Slynn Lord Steyn Lord Hoffmann
Keywords
Administrative law Judicial review Ultra vires

Boddington v British Transport Police [1998] UKHL 13 is an important case in English administrative law which established the possibility of a "collateral challenge" to an allegedly unlawful administrative action.