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A famous exigesis on the meaning, in law, of the word “[[reasonable]]”. It seems quaint now, but the action concerned whether a local authority could be said to be acting reasonably in prohibiting children under the age 15 to attend cinemas on Sunday.
A famous exigesis on the meaning, in law, of the word “[[reasonable]]”. It seems quaint now, but the action concerned whether a local authority could be said to be acting reasonably in prohibiting children under the age 15 to attend cinemas on Sunday.


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{{Nutshell}}
A decision will not be reasonable if in making it:
*the decisionmaker considered factors that it should not have considered, or
*the decisionmaker did not consider factors it should have considered, or
*the decision was so unreasonable that no reasonable decisionmaker would ever consider making it.


===See Also===
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*{{casenote|Barclays|Unicredit}}
*{{casenote|Barclays|Unicredit}}
*{{casenote|Crowther|Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ltd}}
*{{casenote|Crowther|Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ltd}}

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