Practice area
Judicial review of public bodies, human rights claims, regulatory and disciplinary decisions, public procurement challenges, and environmental and information law.
The claimant, Mark Grogan, described himself as addicted to gambling, having lost around £250,000 on online gaming platforms before 2018, including £256,000 with bet365 over 16 months from August 2011. In May 2018 he opened a…
ST is a 98-year-old woman who has lived all her life in South Wales, a devout Roman Catholic and, until her admission, living relatively independently at home with the support of her son MB. On 16 December 2025 she was admitted…
The appellant, KS, is a citizen of Tajikistan who left his country on 24 July 2021 and travelled to Russia, where he lived and worked on construction sites for a year. He obtained a temporary work visa for the United Kingdom…
The appellant, QJ, a citizen of Pakistan, arrived in the United Kingdom in September 2014 with leave to enter as a Tier 4 student valid until 30 August 2015, that leave expiring on 29 September 2015. He then applied for leave to…
Blackpool Borough Council, the local planning authority for the Blackpool area, brought a claim for a permanent injunction under section 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 against the freehold owners of a site at the…
The appellant, Mohammad Yasin, has never been entered on the Register of Approved Driving Instructors. To qualify as an approved driving instructor a candidate must pass a three-part Qualifying Examination, with three attempts…
The claimant, Segrue Investments Limited, owned a former HSBC bank at the Forum, Marlborough Road, Swindon, which it intended to convert to residential use. Two chargeable developments arose: prior approval under Class R…
Dr Ali Shokouh-Amiri was a consultant gynaecologist working in Guernsey, where he was head of Gynaecological Oncology at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, employed by the Medical Specialists Group. Between October 2017 and January…
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 confers a general right of access to information held by public authorities, enforced by the Information Commissioner with a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal. The appellant, Dr Robert…
The first appellant is a Sri Lankan national born on 27 September 1986; the second, third and fourth appellants are his minor children, also Sri Lankan nationals, born on 15 May 2023, 31 August 2017 and 16 September 2014. He…
Dr Robert James Abrahart, a member of a campaign for a statutory duty of care owed by higher education providers to their students, made a series of information requests to the Department for Education following the parliamentary…
The claimant is serving a lengthy prison sentence for rape, having been convicted and sentenced in 2017, and has been held within the prison estate since 16 July 2016. On 22 February 2025 he was re-categorised from Category B to…
The appellants EA, WA and TA sought entry clearance to join FA, EA's adult son and the older brother of WA and TA, in the United Kingdom. FA had fled Syria in 2021 fearing military service and was recognised in the UK as a…
La Vie Health Care Limited, whose director is Mr Chinedu Ahamefula and whose Superintendent Pharmacist is Ms Eberechukwa Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, had from about 2013 provided NHS pharmaceutical services as Grove Pharmacy in Charlton…
MC had been in receipt of Incapacity Benefit from 13 July 2005 and, from 28 November 2005, of an index-linked occupational pension which she did not disclose to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. She was sent and…
GEA, whose identity is protected by a rule 14 order, was awarded universal credit on 03 February 2021. On 03 June 2021 she declared that she had limited capability for work and supplied the Department for Work and Pensions with a…
The appellant, IK, is a national of Pakistan who claims that his father is a prominent member of the Awami National Party, having held various roles in the party's Dubai branch, and was attacked in Pakistan in the run up to the…
Olufemi Adeniyi Ojaleye is a 49-year-old Nigerian citizen who was born, raised and educated in Nigeria, attending the University of Lagos between 1996 and 2000, and who arrived in the UK as a visitor on 29 September 2002. After a…
The Appellant, Lloyds PR Solicitors, represented Kieran Farrell before the Crown Court at Winchester under a representation order made on 27 July 2024. The Defendant was one of ten defendants on a nine-count indictment concerning…
The claimants, Harnek Singh Samra and Karnail Singh Samra, owned land at 103 Barclay Road, Smethwick and the site between 103 and 109 Barclay Road, which Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council compulsorily acquired in 2014. The…