Facts: the claimant care home operator challenged Neath’s setting of its rate.

Judgment: Beatson J held that, contrary to Neath’s submission, its decision was amenable to judicial review but that, contrary to the operator’s submissions, its decision was lawful: it had not been required to use the Laing & Buisson toolkit, it had had regard to relevant considerations and, given the financial pressures to which it was subject, its decision was rational.