Since the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) (No.2) Act 2019 – known as the Benn Act – there has been public debate about the…
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James Goudie KC and Joanne Clement in first appeal under the Concessions Contract Regulations
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the first appeal to consider the Concessions Contract Regulations: Ocean Outdoor UK Ltd v London…
Read MoreMazhar v The Lord Chancellor: Joanne Clement acted for the Lord Chancellor in the Court of Appeal in case concerning judicial immunity and section 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Mazhar v Lord Chancellor [2019] EWCA Civ 1558. The appeal considered the circumstances in which a…
Read MoreJoanne Clement and Jonathan Auburn in Supreme Court case Re D
The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the case of In the matter of D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42. D was a young…
Read MoreChristopher Knight in CJEU Right to be Forgotten Judgment
On 24 September 2019, the CJEU handed down a major new judgment concerning the application of the right to be forgotten in data protection law,…
Read MoreChristopher Knight in Supreme Court Prorogation Case
On 24 September 2019, a panel of 11 Justices of the Supreme Court delivered judgment in R (Miller) v Prime Minister; Cherry & others v…
Read MoreAdministrative Court rejects challenge to treatment of self-employed Universal Credit claimants
The Administrative Court (Elisabeth Laing J), in the case of R (on the application of Parkin) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2019]…
Read MoreJudicial review challenge to the prorogation of parliament to be appealed in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear appeals from two separate challenges brought in England and Scotland to the prorogation of Parliament over the next three days.…
Read MoreZoe Gannon in leading case on tribunal powers: Ashdown House School v JKL & Anor HS/1322/2019
Case concerned the expulsion of a boy from an independent school following violent and aggressive behaviour towards other children. The Upper Tribunal was required to consider…
Read MorePeter Oldham KC and Leo Davidson in challenge to Home Office decisions to transfer fire and rescue responsibility to Police and Crime Commissioners
Peter and Leo appeared for three claimant Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs), each of which challenged the Secretary of State’s decisions of March 2017 to…
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