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Planning-law

Ruben Giles & Ors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

The High Court dismissed a planning challenge and enforcement appeal concerning a proposed gypsy/traveller site, finding the written procedure lawful and no error in the Inspector’s conclusions.

  • Statutory-review-under-s.288-tcpa
  • Statutory-appeal-under-s.289-tcpa
  • Planning-permission-for-traveller-sites
  • Enforcement-notice-appeals
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Equality-act-2010
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Social-security-law

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Syed Muhid Ali

The Upper Tribunal held that Mr Ali was not entitled to Bereavement Support Payment because his late wife had not paid enough qualifying national insurance contributions.

  • Bereavement-support-payment
  • National-insurance-contributions
  • Disability-discrimination
  • European-convention-on-human-rights
  • Article-14-echr
  • Social-security-law
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Social-security-law

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v ALC (BB)

The Upper Tribunal allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal, set aside the First-tier Tribunal decision, and held that BSP was not payable because the deceased paid no qualifying NICs.

  • Bereavement-support-payment
  • National-insurance-contributions
  • Disability-discrimination
  • European-convention-on-human-rights
  • Appeals-procedure
  • Article-14-echr
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Social-security

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v E

Upper Tribunal held that Tell Us Once had no duty to advise on Bereavement Support Payment and that time limits for claiming BSP were not displaced by human rights arguments.

  • Bereavement-support-payment
  • Time-limits-for-benefit-claims
  • Duty-of-care
  • Disability-discrimination
  • Legitimate-expectation
  • European-convention-on-human-rights
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Administrative-law

CC v The Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal dismissed CC’s appeal against DBS barring decisions, finding no material mistake of fact or law and confirming her inclusion on both barred lists.

  • Safeguarding-vulnerable-groups
  • Sexual-misconduct
  • Professional-regulation
  • Mistake-of-fact
  • Mistake-of-law
  • Barring-decisions
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Public-law [2026] EWHC 108 (Admin)

EPX & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Defence

EPX & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2026] EWHC 108 (Admin) (23 January 2026)

The High Court upheld a judicial review challenge in part, finding the MOD’s Media DIN 2025 and Parliamentarian DIN 2024 unlawful only for PSED non-compliance.

  • Freedom-of-expression
  • Whistleblowing
  • Sex-discrimination
  • Equality-act-2010
  • European-convention-on-human-rights
  • Judicial-review
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Family-law

FZ v MZ

The court granted a declaration of non-parentage, step-parent adoption, and judicial review relief for DZ, but refused to declare FZ DZ’s father under the HFEA 2008.

  • Parentage
  • Birth-registration
  • Gender-recognition
  • Adoption
  • Judicial-review
  • Child-arrangements
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Administrative-law [2025] EWHC 3280 (Admin)

ABW, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department

ABW, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3280 (Admin) (17 December 2025)

The High Court held that section 63 NABA and the Statutory Guidance must be read compatibly with ECAT and Article 4 ECHR, and that victim identification should continue after a POD until removal.

  • Modern-slavery
  • Human-trafficking
  • Public-order-disqualification
  • Victim-identification
  • Nationality-and-borders-act-2022
  • European-convention-on-human-rights
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Criminal-law [2025] EWCA Crim 1778

, R. v Ahmed

, R. v Ahmed [2025] EWCA Crim 1778 (10 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal Criminal Division refused Ahmed’s renewed application for leave to appeal conviction for failing to disclose information about terrorism.

  • Failure-to-disclose-information-about-acts-of-terrorism
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Jury-directions
  • European-convention-on-human-rights
  • Reasonable-excuse-defence
  • Counter-terrorism
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