Definitions of maladministration and injustice

The majority of citizens who become victims of Council corruption often ponder the questions of what is maladministration, and to a lesser extent, what is injustice? The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO), will only investigate "maladministration causing injustice". The LGO have the power to investigate the way in which a local authority arrived at a particular decision but cannot review the decision itself just because the complainant does not agree with it. The complainant must prove that he or she has suffered an "injustice" as a consequence of a local authority's poor or defective decision-making exercise.

There is no statutory definition of maladministration or injustice. However, the law provides that the LGO must look for maladministration, which includes:

Again, there is no fixed definition of injustice but it can consist of:

Any injustice must evolve from the fault by the local authority, for example:


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