Cases

The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) is paid by the Secretary of State for Education (the Secretary of State) to local authorities (LAs). It is split…

Once upon a time, this case was about a journalist seeking access to information about post-Brexit trade talks, including with the US under Donald Trump…

On Friday 24 January 2025 the Administrative Court handed down judgment in R (Gould & Jeffrey) v Devon County Council [2025] EWHC 96 (Admin), an important…

Following a five-day trial, Collins Rice J has handed down a lengthy and significant judgment on the approach to consent under the Data Protection Act…

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in a significant decision on the obligations of local authorities to children who may be children in…

Tom Cross and Oliver Jackson act in one of two sets of claims which have been joined and expedited to consider the compatibility with human rights of…

One week before facing a judicial review of the decision of the Education Secretary to revoke regulations bringing the legislation into force, the Government announced…

In Howells v Newport City Council [2025] EWHC 22 (Ch), the Council has succeeded in having the claim against it as waste authority dismissed. The…

On 19 December 2024 the Court of Appeal handed down a landmark appeal judgment in the Multilateral Interchange Fees Umbrella litigation. The appeal arises out…

On 21st November 2024, Mr Justice Robin Knowles heard case stated appeals brought by Venus (the landlord) and Sahara (tenant) of a nightclub named Pier…