Practice area
Judicial review of public bodies, human rights claims, regulatory and disciplinary decisions, public procurement challenges, and environmental and information law.
The appellant, Truebell plc, is an importer and distributor of household goods in the United Kingdom, including compact fluorescent lamps ("CFLs") sourced from Ecopak in Pakistan. Following a complaint by the European Lighting…
Dransfield Novelty Company Limited supplied electronic lottery terminals to small non-profit members' clubs, societies and miners' welfare institutes. Each machine held virtual stacks of lottery tickets pre-ordered at random…
The appellant, Mrs Margaret Williams, was the registered owner of a Mercedes Benz E220 which was stopped by officers of the Director of Border Revenue at Dover Eastern Docks on 8 May 2010. Her husband, Mr Gareth Williams, was…
Michael Fallon, appearing in person, appealed against a 5% income tax surcharge of £84.80 imposed on £1,696 of unpaid tax for the 2008-2009 tax year. HM Revenue and Customs had, for reasons unexplained at the hearing, removed the…
The Great Trippetts Estate, owned by the Marquess of Milford Haven and lying within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, had until 2002 been a mixed arable and dairy farm before falling into decline. In August 2005 Chichester…
The claimant, Mr Naeem Siraj, a barrister and local resident who had objected to the planning application, sought judicial review of Kirklees Council's decision to grant planning permission for the erection of an agricultural…
The appellant, RB, arrived in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2007 and claimed asylum, saying she was a Bajuni from the island of Koyama in Somalia, that her clan had been attacked by Darood and Hawiye militia, that she had been…
The applicant, a national of Iran, travelled to the United Kingdom via France, where he had not claimed asylum and had given untruthful information about his identity. His asylum claim rested on an account of his accidental…
The Pakefield to Easton Bavents Site of Special Scientific Interest lies along and inland from the Suffolk coast between Southwold and Lowestoft, with the Easton Bavents cliffs at its southern end. The cliffs have long been…
The appellant, Global Foods Limited, traded from South Wales as a wholesaler of food and drink to small supermarkets. It had traded since 1988, employed 90 staff, operated a 60,000 square foot warehouse and had an annual turnover…
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham had charged for non-residential home care services between 2000 and 2006, when the then Labour administration discontinued the policy; the Conservatives won the May 2006 local…
The first appellant is a citizen of Somalia and the second appellant her younger sister, dependent on her; the two have lived together since 2005 when they lost their parents. The first appellant married the sponsor, Isa Fos…
Deborah Tatton was convicted of a single count of theft before His Honour Judge Glenn and a jury at the Crown Court sitting at Stoke-on-Trent. On 10 May 2008, at 10.45 in the morning, the appellant and her daughter each took a…
The appellant, Ian Norris, a British national born on 15 February 1943, was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Crucible plc, a manufacturer of carbon products based in Windsor with subsidiaries in the United States. In…
Brent London Borough Council granted Ashia Centur Limited outline planning permission on 15 September 1993 for development of the former Twyford Tip site in London NW10 by the removal of tipped soil and the erection of an Asian…
Kidease Ltd applied to be registered for VAT from 1 February 2001, describing its main business activity as childcare and the provision of workplace nurseries. Its only employees were its two directors, Mr Atkey and Mrs Pattrick…
The appellant, Age Concern Leicestershire & Rutland, is a registered charity which between July 1999 and March 2005 entered into a number of Service Level Agreements with Leicestershire County Council, Rutland County Council and…
The appellant, referred to as FJ, is a young man born in Iran on 31 January 1988 who came to the United Kingdom aged sixteen and was granted leave to remain during his minority. He did not apply to extend that leave before…
The first claimant, Benno Hafner, is a Swiss lawyer and a partner in Hafner and Hochstrasser, the second claimant. In 2003 the Australian Securities and Investments Commission began investigating Rene Rivkin (who died on 1 May…
Mr Bernard Edgar Anning filed a UK patent application on 24 November 2000, which received application no. GB 0028762.3 and was published on 29 May 2002. The preliminary examination report under section 17(2) of the Patents Act…