Practice area
Judicial review of public bodies, human rights claims, regulatory and disciplinary decisions, public procurement challenges, and environmental and information law.
The claimant, Michael Monaghan, claimed the Limited Capability for Work ("LCW") and Limited Capability for Work Related Activity ("LCWRA") elements of Universal Credit on 17 June 2024, completing a UC50 form in which he reported…
The appellant, Ramzan Choudry Muhammad, wished to be admitted to the Register of Approved Driving Instructors maintained by the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors. In applying to begin the approved driving instructor…
The appellant, Megan Jack, was a trainee driving instructor working towards registration as an Approved Driving Instructor. She had previously held two trainee licences covering the period 23 October 2023 to 22 October 2024, and…
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, the appellant, had refused a request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act. The Information Commissioner, the respondent, investigated the complaint…
The appellant, T S, is a citizen of Bangladesh who claimed asylum in the United Kingdom in June 2023. Her two daughters, aged 20 and 17, are her dependants for the purposes of the appeal. She asserted that she would be at risk on…
The appellant, Alan Jenkins, sought information from the Northern Ireland Prison Service, acting through the Department of Justice (Northern Ireland), concerning the use of X-Ray Body Scanners in the Northern Ireland prison…
Gladman Developments Limited applied for planning permission for up to 250 dwellings on agricultural land at the edge of Faversham, Kent. Most of the site lay in Flood Zone 1, but parts lay in Flood Zones 2 and 3, and it was not…
The appellant, Ms Leiyana Damba, is an experienced immigration adviser who has worked in the field since 2012 and was previously registered under the Immigration Advice Authority scheme as a Level 3 adviser. She was employed by…
The appellant, AA, is an adult Iraqi citizen and ethnic Kurd from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He left Iraq in September 2023, arrived in the United Kingdom in November 2023 and claimed asylum shortly afterwards, his screening…
The appellant, GS, is a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, born in 1990. She applied on 7 March 2023 for protection and on human rights grounds, claiming that she is a lesbian and would be at risk on return to the…
The appellant, XW, is a Chinese national in her late thirties who entered the United Kingdom in December 2008 aged 20. A Home Office document issued at the airport recorded that an asylum claim was made on the day of her arrival…
Alan Newlove, formerly Alun Phillips, was convicted of the murder of his wife on 15 December 2000 and sentenced to life imprisonment; his appeal was dismissed in R v Phillips. After his minimum term expired, the Parole Board…
The appellant, QR, is an Iranian national of Kurdish ethnicity who worked as a Kolbar and left Iran unlawfully. He applied for leave to remain on 2 May 2024, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department refused that…
The appellant, ZT, an Ethiopian national of Tigrayan ethnicity, appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the Entry Clearance Officer's decision of 28 December 2024 refusing his protection and…
The appellant, N.R.J.A., is a Sri Lankan national who entered the United Kingdom on 8 May 2013 as a student with leave until 21 May 2016, and claimed asylum on 12 January 2017. He said he had joined the Sri Lankan army in 2007 as…
The appellant, CH, is a national of Namibia and a member of the Himba tribe, a tribe which the respondent's own Country Policy and Information Note Namibia: Women fearing gender based violence December 2025 confirms practices…
Mrs Jahanara Begem claimed personal independence payment. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions had awarded her 2 points under descriptor 9B, on the footing that she needed prompting to engage with other people. She…
The claimant, a young man with autism, is represented in these proceedings by his mother as his appointee. He had previously been entitled to the highest rate of the care component and the higher rate of the mobility component of…
The appellant, MM, is a national of Kenya who applied for protection on 6 November 2024. The Secretary of State for the Home Department refused that application on 18 July 2025, and MM appealed to the First-tier Tribunal…
Three lead claimants, Ian Golding, Karen Cumming and Peter Davies, were selected by agreement to test the issues, and 48 further claims were stayed behind them. The claimants say that poor advice from an unregulated adviser…