Practice area
Judicial review of public bodies, human rights claims, regulatory and disciplinary decisions, public procurement challenges, and environmental and information law.
The appellant, MH, is a 28-year-old citizen of Namibia who made a protection claim on 23 March 2023. The Secretary of State for the Home Department refused that claim by a decision dated 2 December 2024, and he appealed to the…
The appellant, Mr Taimur Khan, made a request on 7 November 2024 to Leeds City Council under section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the full and final report produced by PwC for the work it had carried out on the…
The appellant, Deborah Cox, who has a longstanding interest in animal welfare and the regulation of animal research, made a request to the Home Office on 4 March 2025 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning the…
T, now aged 25, was adopted at the age of three after suffering severe neglect by his birth parents. He has autism, a speech and language disorder, ADHD and personality disorder, suffers from severe anxiety, self-harms, and has…
The claimant, referred to as KGH and described in this judgment as "Father", is the father of a school-age boy with an Education, Health and Care plan, referred to as HLF. On 24 March 2026 there was at the very least a verbal…
The appellant, AGIK, is a citizen of Afghanistan of Pashtun ethnicity, born in Laghman Province. He is illiterate, never attended school and worked as a shepherd before leaving Afghanistan. His case was that his father was a…
The appellant, MA, is a citizen of Afghanistan who was born and raised in Pol-e-Charkhi village on the eastern outskirts of Kabul. He is married with nine children, received no formal education and worked as a taxi driver. His…
The appellant, Mr Colin Stiles, was training to become an Approved Driving Instructor with the driving school Bill Plant, which sponsored him. On 16 April 2025 he attended a football match with his 19-year-old son, having drunk…
The appellant, Duncan Hewson, appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) against a decision of the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors. The judgment does not describe the decision appealed against or…
The dispute concerned the historic sale of payment protection insurance alongside retailer store cards, from the 1970s until 14 January 2005. The policies were underwritten by Financial Insurance Company Limited and Financial…
The appellant, AA, is a citizen of Iraq of Kurdish ethnicity who claimed protection in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2021 on the basis that he would be at risk on return by reason of his imputed political opinion. His account…
The appellant, B S, is a national of Afghanistan who claimed international protection in the United Kingdom. His account was that in 2020 a contract was concluded between his business partner and the Chief of the Logar Provincial…
The appellant, AA, is a 52-year-old Iraqi national, an Arab Sunni from Baghdad, who arrived in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2022 and applied for asylum on 19 January 2023. He had worked in Iraq as a labourer, in restaurants, as…
The claimant is a severely disabled young woman who, through her appointee, claimed Universal Credit on 19 August 2021. Born with a chromosome disorder giving rise to multiple complex conditions including cerebral palsy…
The Appellant/Claimant, Mr Fellica, who lives at a property in Liverpool and acted in person, was party to two separate sets of proceedings in the Administrative Court. The first, filed in London on 23 February 2026 and issued on…
Roman Hawksby is a child with developmental delay who is non-verbal and lacks a sense of danger. His mother, Rebecca Hawksby, was appointed by the Secretary of State to act on his behalf in benefit matters, and on 11 October 2023…
The appellant, Mr Billy Buckenham, made a request to East Lindsey District Council on 8 February 2024 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for emails and related documents concerning the resignations of members of North…
The Old Chiswick Protection Society, a charitable trust founded over 50 years ago to preserve features of historical, architectural and artistic interest in or near Old Chiswick, challenged the London Borough of Hounslow's…
The appellant, Craig Aynsley, purchased a new-build property in Backworth, Newcastle upon Tyne in 2020 which backed onto Backworth Park Primary School. He understood from property searches on North Tyneside Council's Planning…
The claimant, Krzysztof Stanislaw Czapla, sought personal independence payment. By a decision of 5 March 2024 the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions awarded him 0 points for the daily living component and 0 points for the…