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Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL]

I see no difficulty in a High Court judge sitting with another judge who is an expert in a particularly complex technical area. That would be quite understandable. In my submission, however, it flies in the face of the constitutional history of judicial review, the nature of the prerogative writs and the nature of the decision-making of the administrative court. It would be entirely inappropriate to have anyone other than a High Court judge dealing with those matters in the upper tribunal. The Minister could have the best of both worlds by having a technical expert sitting with a High Court judge. On the issue of the High Court judge, however, I must remain quite unrepentant. Clause 15 agreed to. Clauses 16 and 17 agreed to. Clause 18 [Limits of jurisdiction under section 15(1)]: