Practice area
Judicial review of public bodies, human rights claims, regulatory and disciplinary decisions, public procurement challenges, and environmental and information law.
The appellant, S.K., was in receipt of Personal Independence Payment. On 4 September 2023 a decision-maker for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by way of a supersession decision, awarded the standard rate of both PIP…
The appellant, Garett Hargan, made a request to the Police Service of Northern Ireland on 14 December 2023 asking whether the force's officers or leadership had ever visited Israel for training, or whether Israeli officers, IDF…
Smar Holdings Limited is the freehold owner of land at Keynsham Garden Centre, Hicks Gate, Keynsham, Bristol. Between February and March 2019 it felled 8 field maples and 17 poplars there — nearly 54 cubic metres of timber over…
The appellant, Komatsu UK Ltd, manufactures ground excavators for supply to the European construction industry and is a participant in the surface engineering sector (SEA) under a climate change agreement with the Environment…
The appellant, Manaquel Company Limited, is the registered freehold proprietor of Dorchester Court, Herne Hill, an Art Deco estate of eight Grade II-listed blocks containing 96 flats, 73 of which were let on assured shorthold…
The appellants, AM and SP, are the parents of S, a 6 year old boy with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and a language delay, who had identified difficulties with communication and interaction, cognition and learning…
The applicant, Suleymaan Ar'raa-ee, was 17 at the time of the offending. The victim was 13. On 16 December 2018 she left home at 11.30 pm to meet him at a public house; they kissed at the back of the pub before walking into a…
The claimant, Haziz Rahim, was one of the individuals whose details appeared on a list of names incorrectly disclosed by the Ministry of Defence, described in the proceedings as "the data breach list". By a letter dated 24 July…
The claimant, Seabrooke Manor Limited, runs a care home at Lavender Place, Ilford, registered to provide accommodation and nursing or personal care for up to 120 people over 18, many of whom lack capacity and are accommodated…
The appellant, Mr Tareque Hossain, is a national of Bangladesh who entered the United Kingdom in February 2010 on a Tier 4 student visa valid until 30 April 2013. He applied for further leave to remain on 1 May 2013 and was…
The claimants are seven poultry farming businesses whose flocks were affected by Avian Influenza during the 2021/22 and 2022/23 outbreaks. The defendant Secretary of State, acting through the Animal and Plant Health Agency, has…
The claimant, aged 70, had been in prison for 41 years. In July 1982, aged 29, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 10 years for two offences of rape committed in 1980 and 1981, together with five offences…
The appellant, Rosemary Smith, asked HM Treasury on 9 February 2021 for all emails and letters referring to the Loan Charge sent to or from Beth Russell, Director General Tax and Welfare, between August 2019 and the date of the…
C is a 14 year old boy who, in February 2022 aged 13, fell ill shortly after recovering from Covid 19. He developed a rash, was admitted to his local hospital on 27 February and was given a working diagnosis of Steven-Johnson…
The applicant is a Polish national who entered the United Kingdom in 2006 and applied for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme on 17 September 2020. He was then awaiting the outcome of four criminal charges arising from…
The appellant, Julian Myerscough, a lecturer in criminal law, was convicted in 2010 of five offences of possessing indecent images of children and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment. In 2015, tried before HHJ Peters and a jury…
Phoenix Life Ltd ("PLL") and ReAssure Life Ltd ("RLL") are large English insurers in closed-fund run off, both authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority to carry on long term business and holding some 4 million policies…
The case concerned a 46-year-old woman, referred to as Anna or AH to protect her privacy, who lives in a city in the North West of England and suffers from type 1 diabetes. Treated properly and consistently with insulin she can…
The appellant, Roderick Actil, a British national living in England, was the subject of a conviction European Arrest Warrant issued by the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris and dated 14 September 2017. The warrant followed a…
The claimant, Alexander Reid, is a martial artist and television personality; the defendant, Katie Price, is a well-known TV personality, author and former glamour model. They became a couple in about 2009, married on 2 February…