The conduct of civil litigation itself: costs, case management, jurisdiction and service, limitation, disclosure, procedural appeals, and enforcement of judgments.
Administrative / Public LawCare Standards13 Aug 2026[2026] UKFTT 1158 (HESC)
The appellant, Agapé4All Limited, was a registered provider of supported accommodation. On 27 March 2026 Ofsted served a Notice of Proposal to cancel its registration, to which the appellant made written representations on 24…
Intellectual Property LawHigh Court (Intellectual Property List)14 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2142 (Ch)
ML Technology Limited (MLT) and Naurex Limited sued B.E.A.T. SAM Limited, Ergonos Consulting SA, Capefront S/A AG, other corporate defendants and three individuals, alleging infringement of the NAUREX registered trade marks…
Administrative / Public LawUpper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)31 Jul 2026Added 14 Aug 2026
The claimant, anonymised as HNQ under a rule 14 order, had previously received the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard rate from 19 November 2021 to 18 November 2023, subsequently extended to…
Commercial LawHigh Court (Circuit Commercial Court)14 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2136 (Comm)
The owner, Pacific Basin Supramax Limited, chartered the motor vessel 'Grande Island' to the charterer, Olam International Limited, under a time trip charterparty contained in and evidenced by a recapitulation email dated 26…
Civil ProcedureThe Business and Property Courts (Commercial Court)14 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2178 (Comm)
The claimant, Alliance Petrochemical Investment (Singapore) Pte Ltd ("API"), is a Singapore company and shareholder in Mehr Petrochemical Company ("MHPC"), an Iranian producer of high-density polyethylene, whose product API was…
Family LawThe Family Division of the High Court14 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2171 (Fam)
D is an eight year old boy whose mother brought him to England from a Caribbean country, referred to as country H, on 16 March 2024 without his father's knowledge or consent, shortly after the family court in country H had…
Family LawThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division)14 Aug 2026[2026] EWCA Civ 1090
The parents met in Australia in 2020, where their son B was born in 2021. The father, an Australian citizen serving in the Australian Defence Force, has an older son from a previous relationship. The mother, a paramedic born in…
Company LawHigh Court (Insolvency and Companies List)14 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2170 (Ch)
Alexander Luxury (Yorkshire) Limited owned a property at 2 Southfield, Hessle, and engaged Developstate Limited to redevelop it and manage the works. No written contract was entered into; the parties proceeded on an "elemental…
Private ClientHigh Court (Property, Trusts and Probate List)14 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2098 (Ch)
Grace Baillie Key died on 28 September 2022 aged 84, leaving a will dated 11 November 2014. Her two adult children, Laura and Richard Key, are the joint executors and sole beneficiaries. The principal assets are Ebury Lodge in…
Civil ProcedureThe Business and Property Courts (Business List)13 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2106 (Ch)
The claimant, Balbinder Singh Battu, invested in a residential property development in Southampton. He had first lent money to Canal Walk Developments Ltd ("CWD"), which owned the site, advancing some £597,000 in 12 tranches…
Intellectual Property LawThe Business and Property Courts (Intellectual Property List)13 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2165 (Ch)
The claimants, Roadget Business Pte Ltd (the Singapore parent of the SHEIN group) and Shein Distribution UK Ltd, sued Whaleco UK Limited, which operates the Temu online marketplace in the UK, for copyright infringement under the…
Administrative / Public LawThe King's Bench Division of the High Court12 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2135 (KB)
The First Claimant, born in Ghana in 1965, came to the United Kingdom in 1999 with her husband, the Second Claimant, who had arrived as a doctoral student in 1998. In 2011 the Secretary of State for the Home Department decided…
Administrative / Public LawFirst-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)10 Aug 2026[2026] UKFTT 1133 (GRC)
The applicant, Mohamed Attia Abdelmohaimen Attia, complained to the Information Commissioner on 8 April 2026 about the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of his personal data and its response to a data subject access request…
Administrative / Public LawFirst-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)13 Aug 2026[2026] UKFTT 1154 (GRC)
The appellant, Ho Ken Leung, appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) against a decision of the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors. Registration as an approved driving instructor depends on the…
Family LawThe Family Court (B cases)3 Aug 2026[2026] EWFC 226 (B)Added 12 Aug 2026
The applicant wife, Sabrina Pool, sought financial remedies following a marriage that lasted from 1998 to 2018, her application being essentially for the transfer of a tenancy into her sole name. She petitioned for divorce in…
Civil ProcedureThe Business and Property Courts (Business List)31 Jul 2026[2026] EWHC 2158 (Ch)Added 12 Aug 2026
The claimant, Xenfin Fund 1 Trading Limited (in liquidation), is a Guernsey non-cellular company incorporated on 9 March 2017 as the special purpose vehicle through which the Xenfin Securities Debt Fund 1 Cell of GFG Funds PCC…
Commercial LawThe Business and Property Courts (Technology and Construction Court)12 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2154 (TCC)
Ecolog International FZE, a company established in the United Arab Emirates, challenged the award by the Ministry of Defence of a contract for soft facilities management services at British bases in Cyprus. The contract was…
Criminal LawThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council15 Jul 2026[2026] UKPC 28Added 12 Aug 2026
On 30 June 2023 Dudley CJ made a recovery order under Part V of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015 against five appellants in respect of three items of property: Flat 8, Sunrise Court, Gibraltar; Commercial Units 1, 2 and 3, Water…
Tax LawFirst-tier Tribunal (Tax)19 May 2026[2026] UKFTT 1149 (TC)Added 12 Aug 2026
The appellant, Paul Joseph Bryan, is a sole practitioner solicitor whose self-assessment returns for the years ended 5 April 2017 and 5 April 2018 were the subject of HMRC enquiries. He applied to the First-tier Tribunal under…
Property / Real Estate LawHigh Court (Property, Trusts and Probate List)11 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2085 (Ch)
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust owns Queen Mary's Hospital, East Heath Road, a prime Hampstead site with substantial redevelopment potential which has not been used as a hospital since about 2008. By a lease dated 1…