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The claimant, Code Students (Nottingham) Limited, applied on 5 December 2023 for permission to develop two blocks of purpose-built student accommodation at 51 Glasshouse Street and 1 Cairns Street in Nottingham city centre ("the…
Civil ProcedureThe King's Bench Division of the High Court7 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2111 (KB) Aerotron Limited applied to resist the recognition and enforcement in England of two Maltese judgments obtained by Hermes Aviation Limited. Hermes had served an Article 53 certificate, demanded payment and threatened a winding up…
Civil ProcedureThe King's Bench Division of the High Court7 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2083 (KB) The claimants, David Abbott and others, are members and former members of HM armed forces bringing many thousands of claims for damages against the Ministry of Defence for noise induced hearing loss. Liability was disposed of by…
Criminal LawThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Criminal Division)7 Aug 2026[2026] EWCA Crim 1065 Zaheed Hossen was stopped with his wife, Ms Amina Ahmed, by police at London Stansted airport on 8 August 2020 as they travelled to Turkey. Police retained his mobile telephone and, on examination, found documents relating to…
Tax LawUpper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)7 Aug 2026[2026] UKUT 304 (TCC) The six appellant companies, York SD Limited and others, issued shares to investors under the enterprise investment scheme. Each installed a single rooftop solar panel in the UK, accompanied by an agreement to sell electricity to…
Mr Masih is a nurse registered since April 2002 who specialises in adult nursing. His case first came before a panel of the Nursing & Midwifery Council's Investigating Committee on 13 November 2018, when no interim order was…
Civil ProcedureHigh Court (Commercial Court)7 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2102 (Comm) The claimants are creditors under two arbitration awards made in London-seated arbitrations. The first claimant, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan ("SOCAR"), is the direct or indirect parent of the other…
The claimant, a former judge of the anti-terrorism court ("ATC") in Kabul, applied under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy ("ARAP") for relocation to the United Kingdom with his immediate family, the first to eighth…
Civil ProcedureThe King's Bench Division of the High Court7 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2068 (KB) The first claimant, KDY, is a 13-year-old boy with autism, ADHD and other diagnosed conditions who has held an Education, Health and Care Plan since November 2018. He sues by his mother, NGP, who is the second claimant in her own…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection (Tier 3 cases)7 Aug 2026[2026] EWCOP 37 (T3) CG is a 36 year old woman with a chronic severe psychiatric illness, principally anorexia nervosa, complicated by emotionally unstable personality disorder and features consistent with complex trauma. She has undergone repeated…
Private ClientHigh Court (Property, Trusts and Probate List)6 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2086 (Ch) The claimant, Alicia Lopez Batiller, and the first defendant, Clive Edwards, are wife and husband, estranged for some years. The claimant occupies a property known as Hillcrest, Leeswood in Flintshire under an occupation order…
The appellant, Morris Aberdeen trading as Morris Roots Natural Hair, is a sole trader carrying on business at 184 Tooting High Street, London. The appellant was required to submit a re-declaration of compliance with its automatic…
The appellant, Collette Chadda, complained to the Information Commissioner on 9 August 2025 about alleged systematic data protection failures by Computershare Investor Services Plc in connection with the administration of the GAM…
The Thornaby Angling Association, one of the largest and oldest angling associations in the region with some 650 members, holds fishing rights over stretches of the River Tees derived from a conveyance dated 6 May 1949…
Civil ProcedureThe Business and Property Courts (Commercial Court)6 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2089 (Comm) The First Defendant operates indoor entertainment parks under the Gravity brand through franchise agreements; Mr Jenkinson, the Third Defendant, is a director of the First and Second Defendants. In June 2019 Mr Gibbons, having…
Civil ProcedureThe Chancery Division of the High Court6 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2091 (Ch) The second defendant, Hunkemöller International BV, is a Netherlands-based European retailer of intimate apparel. In October 2022 it issued €272,500,000 of Senior Secured 9% Notes under an indenture governed by New York law, the…
Ms Kayleigh Williams is registered with Social Care Wales ("SCW") as a Domiciliary Care Worker. An Interim Orders Panel imposed an Interim Suspension Order in respect of her on 29 February 2024, and that order was subsequently…
Windward Limited was the applicant for GB2108001.5, a patent application handled in the United Kingdom by its patent agent Mr Tom Hutchinson of Hutchinson IP, instructed through the applicant's professional representatives in…
IMI Frank's Carwash Limited, a new business, became subject to the employer duties under the workplace pensions legislation with a duties start date of 1 April 2025 and a deadline of 1 September 2025 for submitting its…
The claimant, Marie-Claire Di Mambro, objected to a proposed change of use of an agricultural building at Shoots Lane, Sheldon, Devon to a guesthouse. The first interested party, Arthur Airey, had applied on 5 March 2025 to East…
Civil ProcedureThe King's Bench Division of the High Court5 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2084 (KB) The Claimants, Domestic & General entities, brought long-running proceedings alleging that a succession of businesses used fraudulent "association misrepresentation" telephone sales calls to sell appliance warranty products…
HI Health Ltd appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) against a Fixed Penalty Notice issued by the Pensions Regulator on 4 February 2026 in the sum of £400. Before the substantive appeal could proceed…
The applicants, Tom Delaney and Peter Delaney, sought permission under section 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to appeal an Inspector's decisions, communicated in a Decision Letter dated 15 December 2025, dismissing…
The appellant, House for Homes Limited, owned a property at 11A Winchester Road, London E17, which the London Borough of Waltham Forest maintained was required to be licensed. The company's director, Mr Marjan Keqaj, said that he…
The claimant, Mr Edward, was employed by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust — in whose shoes the respondent Trust now stands — in a band 5 role from May 2016 until his dismissal in May 2018, it having been decided…
Ancora Children's Homes Limited operated a children's home first registered with Ofsted in October 2023 to care for children of either gender with emotional and social difficulties and learning disabilities. In late March 2026…
Mrs Reshma Tachkani holds the long lease of flat 10 at Thornfield Green, Camberley, a development of 24 residential units divided between four blocks set in their own gardens and grounds. She holds two leases, described by the…
The applicant, John Mitchell, had on 30 July 2023 requested information from the Environment Agency about an 'energy from waste' plant, in three parts: a copy of the "full review" of the regulatory approach to the site, copies of…
Hazelmont (Kent) Limited was the registered provider of a children's home. On 8 May 2026 Ofsted made a decision under section 20B of the Care Standards Act to cancel the company's registration to carry on the home, and the Notice…
Company LawHigh Court (Insolvency and Companies List)5 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2079 (Ch) TG Jones High Street Limited (HSL) and TG Jones Retail Holdings Limited (RHL), together the Plan Companies, formed part of the Modella Capital Limited group, which had acquired WH Smith PLC's high street retail business in 2025…
Company LawHigh Court (Insolvency and Companies List)5 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2077 (Ch) Float Capital Limited was in creditors' voluntary liquidation, with Mr Bouchier and Mr Woodthorpe appointed as joint liquidators. On 24 July 2026 Chief ICC Judge Briggs handed down a judgment, [2026] EWHC 1891 (Ch), and made two…
Tax LawUpper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)5 Aug 2026[2026] UKUT 297 (TCC) HMRC issued Notices of Requirement ("NORs") to Intech Ventures Limited and to Mr Michael Stefan Duma, requiring security for PAYE and NICs. Both appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) against the notices. The FTT…
The King Edward VII Hospital Estate at Midhurst, West Sussex, within the South Downs National Park, is a redevelopment of a former hospital and its grounds, permitted on the basis of "enabling development", whereby development…
Civil ProcedureThe Business and Property Courts (Business List)5 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2093 (Ch) Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP (CYK), a firm of solicitors, sued Mr Laurence Davis and Mr John Baker for unpaid fees of £194,137.72 by a claim issued on 22 July 2021. The defendants counterclaimed for professional negligence, valued…
CDE is a 15-year-old boy who is non-verbal, severely sight-impaired, life-limited and medically fragile. He has Lowe syndrome and requires complex medical care. He brings this claim by his litigation friend and mother, EDC. For…
Hawridge Strategic Land Limited, a land promoter, sued Millen Homes Limited, a developer, over an option agreement affecting land at Bicknacre Road, East Hanningfield, Chelmsford. On 14 June 2019 the defendant entered an Option…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection (Tier 3 cases)4 Aug 2026[2026] EWCOP 34 (T3) The application arose from a long-running feud within the Hinduja family, which led the multinational Hinduja Group. Srichand Hinduja (SP), the eldest of four brothers, signed a lasting power of attorney for property and…
On 21 September 2025 the Secretary of State for Transport decided to make a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008 authorising improvements to Gatwick Airport's northern runway so that the northern and southern…
Commercial LawThe Business and Property Courts (Technology and Construction Court)4 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2054 (TCC) The claimant, a civil engineering and groundworks contractor, was subcontracted by ISG Construction Ltd to carry out groundworks on a school extension project in Penarth for the defendant, Vale of Glamorgan Council. The Main…
Private ClientThe England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office)4 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2090 (SCCO) The claimant, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is the residuary beneficiary of the estate of Ms Margaret Anne Selby, who died on 20 November 2022 leaving a will dated 12 March 2020. By that will Ms Selby appointed as her…