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The High Court will today and tomorrow hear the legal challenge brought by the Wikimedia Foundation and BLN, an anonymous contributor to Wikipedia, to categorisation regulations made under the Online Safety Act 2023. The Claimants filed a claim for judicial review of reg.... Read more
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We are delighted to announce that our current pupils, Josephine Gillingwater and Jack Steele, have accepted an offer of tenancy at 11KBW. They will complete their pupillage in September following which Josephine has accepted a 1 year appointment as a... Read more
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In a claim raising issues described by the Judge as “important, current, controversial and of public interest”, the High Court has ruled that participation by police officers in a Pride event was unlawful, on the basis that it breached duties... Read more
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Chamberlain J has today handed down judgment in Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment Limited and others [2025] EWHC 1806 (Admin), discharging an unprecedented super-injunction. The effect of the Judge’s ruling is to discharge a contra mundum privacy... Read more
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Lime Technology Limited v Liverpool City Council [2025] EWHC 1654 (TCC) The High Court (Mr Roger Ter Haar KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) has handed down an important judgment on the use of ‘external eyes only’ (EEO)... Read more
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Philip Kolvin KC has appeared in the Supreme Court in a taxi licensing case, representing regional private hire operator Delta Merseyside Limited. The appeal was brought by Uber Britannia Limited against a unanimous Court of Appeal decision in a court... Read more
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We are pleased to announce that Daniel Stilitz KC has been appointed and Jason Coppel KC has been reappointed as a members of the FA Judicial Panel for a period of 3 years from 1 July 2025. As the governing... Read more
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Aileen McColgan KC, with Jennifer Lanigan of 4KBW, successfully defend the Met against allegations of discrimination and harassment connected with gender critical beliefs. The decision is significant in its treatment of the boundaries between Article 10 free speech rights and... Read more
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On Friday 27 June 2025 the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) handed down a landmark judgment in Merchant Umbrella Interchange Fees [2025] CAT 37, deciding for the first time that the card payment schemes operated by Mastercard and Visa constitute a... Read more
