The London Central Employment Tribunal handed down judgment on 14th February 2017 in a test case concerning claims by 5,000 firefighters of age discrimination in…
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High Court gives guidance on role of the OIA for Higher Education
In Zahid v University of Manchester, Mr Justice Hickinbottom has provided crucial guidance for Universities and students about the relationship between court claims for judicial review…
Read MoreDaniel Stilitz KC and Joseph Barrett successfully resist Art. 11 ECHR challenge to the UK’s trade union legislation in Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a trade union test case alleging that the UK’s legislative scheme governing trade union collective bargaining rights is…
Read MoreJoanne Clement in Court of Appeal judgment in Ferreira
On Thursday 26 January 2017, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in R (Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2017] EWCA…
Read MoreLegal Professional Privilege and the Data Protection Act
In an important judgment handed down on 24 January 2017 by Warby J, the High Court has addressed a number of issues arising out of…
Read MoreJason Coppel KC, Tom Cross and Christopher Knight in Supreme Court Judgment on Article 50
On 24 January 2017 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5.…
Read MoreKaren Steyn KC, Julian Blake and Sean Aughuey in 3 Supreme Court cases
The Supreme Court handed down the first three judgments of 2017 today, featuring three members of 11KBW. All three judgments concerned important issues of public…
Read MoreRachel Kamm represents Secretary of State in Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment about the role of the Court of Protection and the circumstances in which there is a…
Read MoreJudicial review of Leveson consultation
Julian Milford is instructed by Payne Hicks Beach to act for the Claimants in a judicial review of the Government’s consultation over whether to bring…
Read MoreJames Goudie KC triumphed – R (Plant) v Lambeth LBC [2016]
James Goudie KC triumphed on behalf of Lambeth Council in the important housing case of R (Plant) v Lambeth LBC [2016] EWHC 3324 (Admin), in which Holgate…
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