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Administrative law

Andrew Jonathan Davies v The Nursing and Midwifery Council

The High Court allowed a nurse’s appeal against NMC findings, holding the panel’s reasoning and evidential approach were unfair and procedurally irregular.

  • Fitness to practise
  • Procedural fairness
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Fitness-to-practise
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Company law [2026] EWCA Civ 408

Singh v Bains & Anor

Singh v Bains & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 408 (01 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal over an alleged oral agreement for equal shareholding in GB Retail Limited, upholding the trial judge’s factual findings.

  • Specific performance
  • Oral agreements
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Unfair prejudice
  • Burden of proof
  • Assessment of evidence
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Social security law

AF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal allowed a PIP appeal, setting aside the First-tier Tribunal decision for error of law and remitting the case for a fresh oral hearing.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Error of law
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Disability benefits
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Personal-independence-payment
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Social security

SS v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)

The Upper Tribunal allowed the appeal, set aside the First-tier Tribunal decision, and remitted a Personal Independence Payment case for rehearing before a fresh panel.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Burden of proof
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Personal-independence-payment
  • Tribunal-procedure
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Social security law

KT v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal found an error of law in a PIP appeal, set aside the First-tier Tribunal decision, and remitted the case for a fresh rehearing.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Error of law
  • Disability benefits
  • Standard of proof
  • Assessment of evidence
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Criminal law

Oliver Lewis v Sarah Louise Francis & Anor

The judge's costs order was wrong in law because he applied the incorrect test; the proper test is whether the decision to prosecute was wholly unreasonable based on the evidence available at the time, not whether the evidence was too weak to satisfy the criminal standard of proof. The appellant's conduct did not meet the threshold for an unnecessary or improper act or omission under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.

  • Statutory nuisance
  • Costs orders
  • Private prosecution
  • Magistrates’ court act
  • Prosecution of offences act
  • Assessment of evidence
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Social security law

DJD v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal found material errors of law in a First-tier Tribunal PIP decision, set it aside, and remitted the case for a fresh rehearing.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Error of law
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Personal-independence-payment
  • Error-of-law
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Administrative law

MD v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal upheld DBS’s decision to bar MD from work with children and vulnerable adults, finding no mistake of fact on the evidence.

  • Mistake of fact
  • Relevant conduct
  • Barring decisions
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Credibility
  • Regulated activity
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Planning law [2025] EWHC 34 (Admin)

Ward v The Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government & Anor

Ward v The Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government & Anor [2025] EWHC 34 (Admin) (13 January 2025)

Permission to appeal was refused in a planning enforcement case. The court held the Inspector had properly assessed the evidence and applied the abandonment test.

  • Enforcement notice appeals
  • Abandonment of use
  • Burden of proof in planning appeals
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Permission to appeal criteria
  • Planning-law
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Criminal law [2025] EWHC 17 (Admin)

Lewis v Francis & Anor

Lewis v Francis & Anor [2025] EWHC 17 (Admin) (09 January 2025)

Appeal by case stated allowed: the magistrates’ costs order in a statutory nuisance claim was set aside because the wrong legal test had been applied.

  • Statutory nuisance
  • Costs orders
  • Private prosecution
  • Prosecution of offences
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Statutory-nuisance
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