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On 5 July 2023, the High Court (Steyn J) gave judgment in R (Cilldara Group Holdings Ltd) v West Northamptonshire Council. This is an important judgment on local authority land disposals covered by s.123 of the Local Government Act 1972, which... Read more
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Spills of untreated sewage into rivers and seas have become a national scandal, with so-called ‘storm overflows’ discharging far more often than originally intended – or than the law allows – with serious impacts for the environment and human health.... Read more
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Amy Rogers and Jamie Susskind will be speaking at the ALBA Summer Conference on 1 July 2023. Amy will be covering “post-Brexit regimes: what public lawyers need to know” and Jamie will be covering “public law implications of AI and... Read more
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The Court of Appeal (the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and the Vice President) today handed down a landmark judgment concerning the lawfulness of the Government’s policy of relocating certain asylum seekers to Rwanda. See: R (AAA... Read more
Podcasts
The June episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now. How do you persuade a judge that your client’s case should be heard first in their preferred forum? In this episode, Katherine Taunton talks to Michael White about concurrent proceedings and stays in... Read more
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On 27 June 2023 Daniel Stilitz KC and Zac Sammour represented Yorkshire Cricket Club before the Cricket Discipline Commission of the EBC. The hearing was to determine the sanctions to be imposed on Yorkshire following admissions of misconduct arising from... Read more
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Dukes Bailiffs Limited v Breckland Council [2023] EWHC 1569 (TCC) On 28 May 2021, the High Court granted Breckland’s (“the Authority”) application for summary judgment on claims under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“the PCR 2015”) and refused permission for... Read more
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The English Football League (“EFL”) has settled a dispute with Cardiff City Football Club (“Cardiff”) as to the regulatory consequences of Cardiff’s failure to pay the first instalment of Emiliano Sala’s £15 million transfer fee to FC Nantes on time.... Read more
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Peter Lockley acts for Global Feedback, an NGO campaigning for a sustainable food system, in a challenge to the Government Food Strategy. On 16 June, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal granted permission for judicial review of the... Read more
