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Stenhouse v The Bar Standards Board [2026] EWHC 1117 (Admin) (13 May 2026)
High Court appeal from a Bar Standards Board disciplinary decision dismissed. The court upheld findings that a barrister made unfounded allegations and rejected bias, fairness, and sanction challenges.
The EAT allowed Mr Matovu’s appeal, holding that the Employment Judge wrongly refused an amendment and RFI request, and that the overall conduct gave rise to apparent bias.
Ocean One Hundred Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v New Forest National Park Authority [2026] EWCA Civ 493 (23 April 2026)
Court of Appeal quashes the revocation of a CLEUD after finding the officer’s report was not fair and balanced and was tainted by apparent bias.
Court of Appeal allowed a planning judicial review appeal, holding that the officer’s report on revocation of a CLEUD was unfair, incomplete and tainted by apparent bias.
The High Court quashed North Devon District Council’s grant of planning permission, finding inadequate reasons and apparent bias in the committee’s decision-making.
The Tribunal dismissed Mr Schumacher’s appeal against Ofsted’s refusal to register him as a children’s home manager, finding he was not fit under regulation 28.
The appeal was dismissed because the ET applied the correct legal tests for apparent bias, time limits, extension of time, and disability under the Equality Act 2010, and was entitled to find no continuing act, no just and equitable grounds to extend time, and no disability due to lack of long-term depression; no error of law was found.
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None of the appellant's grounds individually or cumulatively established a real possibility of bias or procedural irregularity. The hearing before the Professional Conduct Committee was fair, impartial, and procedurally regular. The appeal is dismissed.
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D (A Child) (Recusal) (Rev1) [2025] EWCA Civ 1570 (09 December 2025)
Court of Appeal held the district judge’s unexplained recusal was procedurally irregular, but it did not justify setting aside the fact-finding judgment.
DFL v General Dental Council [2025] EWHC 3361 (Admin) (08 December 2025)
The High Court dismissed a dental nurse’s appeal against professional discipline, rejecting claims that the hearing before the General Dental Council was biased or procedurally unfair.
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