The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal in R (British Gas Trading and E.ON) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2025]…
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Court of Appeal considers equalities duty in school exclusions
Tom Cross has successfully represented in the Court of Appeal a school (anonymised) accused of permanently excluding a pupil in breach of the public sector…
Read MoreAndrew Sharland KC in Village Green battle in the Chancery Division
Andrew Sharland KC acted for a group of local residents in the six day Chancery Division trial considering whether school playing fields located at Stoke…
Read MoreChristopher Knight and David Glen in GB News / Ofcom Judicial Review
In R (GB News Ltd) v Ofcom [2025] EWHC 460 (Admin), Collins Rice J quashed two decisions reached by Ofcom finding GB News to have been…
Read MoreHannah Slarks and Peter Oldham KC in JR on statutory scheme for free early years entitlements
The High Court handed down judgment in R (Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Council) v Local Government Ombudsman [2023] EWHC 3356 (Admin) on 7 February 2025.…
Read MoreLocation of special education provision
Permission to apply for judicial review has been refused in a case against Devon County Council and the Governing Body of Pathfield School over the relocation of…
Read MoreAndrew Sharland KC and Oliver Jackson successful in inter-authority dispute
Surrey County Council and Croydon London Borough Council have been in a long-running dispute over a family with high social care and SEN costs. The…
Read MoreLandmark Court of Appeal judgment after school worker was dismissed for sharing posts about LGBT+ relationship teaching in schools
The Court of Appeal has delivered a landmark decision in Higgs v Farmor’s School, interpreting the direct discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 so…
Read MoreHarini Iyengar has successfully represented a professional regulator in a case of serious misconduct
Harini Iyengar has successfully prosecuted a serious professional disciplinary case for the Bar Standards Board. In BSB v Wheetman, the Tribunal determined that the BSB…
Read More12 month non-compete upheld: Dare International Ltd v Soliman & Hikmet
The High Court (Sheldon J) has handed down judgment in Dare International Ltd v Soliman & Hikmet [2025] EWHC 227 (KB). Dare, an energy derivatives…
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