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Employment law

L & Anor v Ministry of Defence

Permission to appeal was refused in challenges to the armed forces disability-discrimination exemption under the Equality Act 2010 and Human Rights Act 1998.

  • Disability discrimination
  • Armed forces exemption
  • Interpretation of equality act
  • Human rights act compatibility
  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Disability-discrimination
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Employment law [2026] EWCA Civ 602

L & Anor v Ministry of Defence

L & Anor v Ministry of Defence [2026] EWCA Civ 602 (21 April 2026)

Permission to appeal was refused in challenges to the armed forces disability discrimination exclusion under the Equality Act 2010 and the HRA.

  • Disability discrimination
  • Armed forces employment
  • Interpretation of equality act 2010
  • Human rights act 1998 section 3 and 4
  • Article 8 and 14 echr
  • Jurisdiction of employment tribunal
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Constitutional law

Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and another v Joey Delosa Buray and another, Zanna Me-Waakie Jones Hunter intervening (Cayman Islands)

The Privy Council set aside a declaration that Cayman Islands immigration legislation was incompatible with the right to private and family life.

  • Compatibility of immigration legislation with right to private and family life
  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Points-based residence system
  • Judicial remedies under bill of rights
  • Immigration-law
  • Constitutional-law
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Human rights

The Kingdom of Spain v Lydia Lorenzo

The Court of Appeal declared section 4(2)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 incompatible with Article 6 ECHR and made a pro bono costs order.

  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Article 6 echr
  • State immunity act 1978
  • Pro bono costs
  • Declaration-of-incompatibility
  • Article-6-echr
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Human rights law [2025] EWCA Civ 59

Kingdom of Spain v Lorenzo (Supplementary Judgment)

Kingdom of Spain v Lorenzo (Supplementary Judgment) [2025] EWCA Civ 59 (29 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal made a declaration that section 4(2)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 is incompatible with Article 6 ECHR, and ordered costs.

  • State immunity
  • Compatibility with echr
  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Article 6 echr
  • Pro bono costs
  • State-immunity
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Social security law

AET v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal held that the 2023 Remedial Order did not help claims made before 9 February 2023, so the pre-order law applied and the appeal failed.

  • Bereavement support payment
  • Retrospective legislation
  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Cohabiting partners
  • Appeal procedure
  • Bereavement-support-payment
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Family law

M v S

Disclosure of the fact-finding judgment to the Father's employer (MOD) is refused because comprehensive disclosure has already been made to the police, who are bound by statutory and common law safeguarding duties and protocols with the military; there is no evidence that the Father's employment brings him into contact with vulnerable persons, and further disclosure is unnecessary and disproportionate. The court is entitled to assume that regulatory and investigatory bodies follow law and procedure. No further psychiatric expert evidence is ordered as the Mother refuses assessment; the court…

  • Child arrangements order
  • Disclosure to third parties
  • Fact-finding in family proceedings
  • Parental contact
  • Domestic and sexual abuse findings
  • Participation directions
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Constitutional law

Wendy Smith, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

The extension of the no-return period from 3 months to 12 months in sections 60C(3), 61(4ZA)(a), 62(1A)(a), and 62B(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is disproportionate and unjustified, given the shortage of transit pitches and the maximum permitted stay on transit pitches. The remaining amendments, including the new criminal offence and police powers, are justified and proportionate, as they are sufficiently confined by statutory conditions and guidance and pursue a legitimate aim.

  • Article 14 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Discrimination
  • Race discrimination
  • Police powers
  • Trespass
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Public law [2024] EWHC 2753 (Admin)

Abacus Land 1 (HoldCo 1) Ltd & Ors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Abacus Land 1 (HoldCo 1) Ltd & Ors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2024] EWHC 2753 (Admin) (30 October 2024)

The High Court refused a stay of judicial review claims challenging the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and lifted stays on related claims.

  • Judicial review of primary legislation
  • Article 1 protocol 1 echr
  • Leasehold and freehold reform act 2024
  • Case management discretion
  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Judicial-review
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