11KBW have been shortlisted for Employment Law Set of the Year and Human Rights & Public Law Set of the Year 2015 at the Chambers’…
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Jason Coppel KC in abortion funding dispute
In R (A and B) v Secretary of State for Health [2015] EWCA Civ 771, the Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the past and…
Read MoreChristopher Knight in Discretionary Housing Payment and DLA Judicial Review
The Administrative Court has today issued an important judgment concerning the provision of discretionary housing payments (“DHPs”) where the local authority takes into account income…
Read MoreClive Sheldon KC and Karen Steyn KC successful in Supreme Court benefit cap challenge
The Supreme Court, by a majority of 3:2, has today found that the ‘benefit cap’ on housing benefit is lawful. The appellants had argued that…
Read MoreScope of extra-territorial jurisdiction and duty to investigate alleged wrongdoing by UK armed forces in Iraq
In Al Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 (Admin), the High Court decided various preliminary issues in test cases arising out…
Read MoreCatt and T: Supreme Court judgment on retention of policing information
he Supreme Court has this week allowed appeals by the Metropolitan Police in R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and…
Read More11KBW members appointed to EHRC Panel of Counsel
11KBW is very pleased to announce the appointment of Clive Sheldon KC, Jason Coppel KC, Karen Steyn KC, Marcus Pilgerstorfer and Tom Cross to the…
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