The Supreme Court has today handed down its judgment in Edenred (UK Group) Ltd and another v HM Treasury and others [2015] UKSC 45. The case is…
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James Goudie KC and Rupert Paines in Privy Council constitutional challenge
The Privy Council has today handed down the opinion of the seven-judge Board in Misick and others v Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands [2015]…
Read MoreSupreme Court dismisses QASA appeal and gives guidance on EU proportionality
The Supreme Court gave judgment today (24 June) in R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board, the judicial review claim challenging the LSB’s approval of QASA –…
Read MoreTom Cross wins commercial judicial review
Tom Cross has successfully defended a challenge to the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to require a car parking enforcement company to…
Read MoreCourt of Appeal hands down judgment in Re X (Deprivation of Liberty)
The President’s judgments in Re X (Deprivation of Liberty) formed the basis for the new Re X streamlined procedure and the PD on Deprivation of Liberty. The Court of…
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal on property rights and the effect of a proposal
The Court of Appeal has recently delivered an important judgment on the right to property under Article 1 of the First Protocol ECHR (A1P1) in Breyer…
Read MoreThe duty to consult on alternative options following Moseley
The High Court (Patterson J) has given judgment on 18 May 2015 in another case raising the scope of the duty to consult on “alternative…
Read MoreThe Chesham Arms, asset of community value, to reopen
This weekend the BBC reported that a long-running campaign by local residents has resulted in the re-opening of the Chesham Arms Pub in Hackney, see here. One…
Read MoreConsultation post-Moseley: Supreme Court refuses to consider the issue again**
R (Robson) v Salford City Council [2015] EWCA Civ 6 was the first time the Court of Appeal considered R (Moseley) v Haringey LBC [2014] UKSC 56, the…
Read MoreVexatious or manifestly unreasonable information requests – the Court of Appeal’s view
For the first time the Court of Appeal has considered the provisions allowing a public authority to refuse an information request because it is vexatious…
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