As a public decision-maker, the Charity Commission is required by common law to reach <strong>rational</strong> decisions where there is no infringement of any legal right, no misdirection of law and no procedural unfairness.  There are two aspects to rationality:

<strong>1. Process rationality</strong>: Looking at whether the Commission’s reasoning was free of logical errors or gaps in evidence.

<strong>2. Outcome rationality</strong>: Looking at whether the conclusions were so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have reached them.