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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] EWCA Civ 209. Bulb, an energy supplier to 1.5 million domestic customers, went into special... Read more
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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 equality duty in the Equality Act 2010. The pupil was Black Caribbean and had special... Read more
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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 Bishop, Bristol should be registered as a town and village green. The claim raised novel... Read more
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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 in breach of Rules 5.1 and 5.3 of the Broadcasting Code, allowing GB News’ claim... Read more
Podcasts
The February episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now. Ruth Kennedy talks to Oliver Mills about Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman [2024] EWHC Civ 1561 (Ch). Why do employers use shareholding arrangements to incentivise employees? Why is it so important to draft Articles of Association carefully? What are the dangers of... Read more
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The High Court handed down judgment in R (Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Council) v Local Government Ombudsman [2023] EWHC 3356 (Admin) on 7 February 2025. This was a case about the “Free Early Years Entitlement” (“FEEE”) statutory scheme, under which... Read more
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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 a specialist unit to the School’s nearby main site. There was no alteration that required... Read more
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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 family in question cost Croydon around £375,000 a year in social care and SEN provision.... Read more
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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 as to create liability where an employee is less favourably treated for manifesting a belief... Read more
