Cases

R v Jockey Club, ex p RAM Racecourses Ltd

Facts

In 1988 a Jockey Club report on racing fixtures stated that an additional 60 fixtures ought to be allocated in 1990 and 1991 and that an unspecified number of fixtures should be made available to any new licensed racecourse. The report was sent to established racecourse owners but not to prospective owners like the applicant who had £100,000 on a site in the belief that it would be allocated 15 fixtures in 1991. The Jockey Club, however, refused to allocate any fixtures to the applicant's racecourse for 1991 and would not commit to future allocations. The applicant sought judicial review of the Jockey Club's decision not to allocate at least 15 racing fixtures to its racecourse for 1991.

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