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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 J gave Judgment in favour of the Council on 21 December 2016. All the grounds... Read more
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Mr Justice Ouseley has today handed down judgment in the first case to consider the statutory framework for combined authorities under the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. Combined Authorities are a key... Read more
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Christopher Knight has been invited to join the Editorial Board of the leading constitutional and administrative law journal, Public Law. Members of the Board are leading public law academics and practitioners. They assist the Editor, Professor Maurice Sunkin, in the work... Read more
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Peter Oldham KC, acting for the defendant Oxfordshire County Council, successfully defended an appeal by the claimants against the decision of Langstaff J who had dismissed their claim for judicial review of the Council’s decision to reorganise provision for early... Read more
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Jason Coppel KC, Tom Cross, and Christopher Knight will represent Her Majesty’s Government in its appeal to the Supreme Court starting on Monday 5 December. The Government argues that it can give effect to the will of the British people,... Read more
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The Supreme Court has refused the application for permission to appeal in Sky Blue Sports & Leisure Ltd) v Coventry City Council from the decision of the Court of Appeal (2016) EWCA Civ 453 upholding the first instance Judge’s decision that Coventry... Read more
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On 15 November 2016, the Ministry of Justice (represented by Daniel Stilitz KC and Marcus Pilgerstorfer) successfully applied for an injunction restraining the POA from inducing prison officer members from taking industrial action and committing breaches of discipline. Inducing prison... Read more
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In R (National Aids Trust & Local Government Association) v NHS Commissioning Board [2016] EWCA Civ 1100 the Court of Appeal considered an appeal by the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England) concerning whether it had the power to fund a... Read more
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Peter Oldham KC appeared for the school in R ota Interim Executive Board of X School v OFSTED in which the High Court has today ruled that OFSTED erred in saying that the school breached sex discrimination rules in teaching boys and... Read more
