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Joseph Barrett KC appears in the second ever subsidy control judicial review under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 to come before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The proceedings concern c. £140 million of loans provided by GMCA to two property development... Read more
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The Privy Council has handed down judgment in Eco-Sud (Respondent) v Minister of Environment, solid Waste and Climate Change [2024] UKPC 19, confirming that interested NGOs have standing to bring claims in the Mauritius Environment Tribunal. Environmental NGO Eco-Sud had... Read more
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The Supreme Court will today and tomorrow hear three appeals relating to civil servants employed by the Home Office, DEFRA and HMRC. All employees are members of the appellant trade union, the Public and Commercial Services Union. The Supreme Court... Read more
Podcasts
The June episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now. This month Mike Lee talks to Katherine Taunton about Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice [2024] EAT 29. When can a whistleblowing claimant claim that their dismissal was a detriment? Mike and... Read more
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The EAT (Eady P) has handed down judgment in Beldica v British Council, providing useful guidance on the relationship between diplomatic (and state) immunity, the Human Rights Act and the territorial jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal. The ET found that... Read more
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On 13 June 2024, Mrs Justice Stacey handed down judgment dismissing a judicial review claim by Linear Investments Ltd (“Linear”) against a decision of the Financial Ombudsman Service: R (Linear Investments Ltd) v Financial Ombudsman Service and Professor Leslie Willcocks... Read more
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The High Court (Steyn J) has today handed down judgment in Harrison v Cameron and ACL [2024] EWHC 1377 (KB), a case full of notable legal points and rather colourful facts. On phone calls with one of the defendants, the... Read more
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The High Court has handed down judgment in R (Care North East Northumberland) v Northumberland County Council [2024] EWHC 1370 (Admin), an important case on local authority fee setting for social care providers. The Claimant, an unincorporated association of care... Read more
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By an information request on 3 June 2019, Mr Tommy Sheppard, the Scottish National Party MP for Edinburgh East, requested information from the Cabinet Office relating to certain polling. The polling concerned the strength of the Union since January 2018.... Read more
