The crisis in the river Wye is well documented. Excess nutrients in the river are causing algal blooms that choke wildlife. The chief culprit is…
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Christopher Knight successful in high-profile Interest Rate Hedging Product judicial review
On 7 March 2025, the High Court dismissed the claim of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Banking for judicial review of the Financial Conduct…
Read MoreZoe Gannon in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will today and tomorrow hear the appeal in R (on the application of Jwanczuk) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for Work and…
Read MoreHigh Court refuses permission and interim in Coventry Environmental Judicial Review claim
R (Irwin) v Coventry City Council The Planning Court (Mr Richard Kimblin KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) has refused an urgent application…
Read MoreBulb illuminates post-Brexit law on subsidy control
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal in R (British Gas Trading and E.ON) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2025]…
Read MoreCourt of Appeal considers equalities duty in school exclusions
Tom Cross has successfully represented in the Court of Appeal a school (anonymised) accused of permanently excluding a pupil in breach of the public sector…
Read MoreAndrew Sharland KC in Village Green battle in the Chancery Division
Andrew Sharland KC acted for a group of local residents in the six day Chancery Division trial considering whether school playing fields located at Stoke…
Read MoreChristopher Knight and David Glen in GB News / Ofcom Judicial Review
In R (GB News Ltd) v Ofcom [2025] EWHC 460 (Admin), Collins Rice J quashed two decisions reached by Ofcom finding GB News to have been…
Read MoreHannah Slarks and Peter Oldham KC in JR on statutory scheme for free early years entitlements
The High Court handed down judgment in R (Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Council) v Local Government Ombudsman [2023] EWHC 3356 (Admin) on 7 February 2025.…
Read MoreLocation of special education provision
Permission to apply for judicial review has been refused in a case against Devon County Council and the Governing Body of Pathfield School over the relocation of…
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