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PJSC VTB Bank v HM Treasury

The High Court dismissed PJSC VTB Bank’s judicial review of OFSI’s amended sanctions licence affecting VTB Capital’s insolvency and creditor distributions.

  • Judicial review of administrative decisions
  • Sanctions regime
  • Licensing under sanctions
  • Insolvency proceedings
  • Procedural fairness
  • Padfield principle
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Immigration law

Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Court of Appeal held that the Home Secretary’s gradual roll-out of eVisas for section 3C leave was not Wednesbury-unreasonable and dismissed the Padfield cross-appeal.

  • Section 3c leave
  • Digital proof of immigration status
  • Wednesbury unreasonableness
  • Padfield principle
  • Section 55 of the borders, citizenship and immigration act 2009
  • Hostile environment regime
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Immigration [2025] EWCA Civ 1843

Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1843 (19 November 2025)

The Court of Appeal held that the Home Office’s gradual rollout of eVisas for section 3C leave was not Wednesbury-unreasonable and allowed the appeal.

  • Section 3c leave
  • Digital immigration documentation
  • Wednesbury unreasonableness
  • Padfield principle
  • Equality act 2010 s.149
  • Borders, citizenship and immigration act 2009 s.55
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Administrative law

AB, R (on the application of) v Bristol City Council

The duty to consult under section 27(3) Children and Families Act 2014 is not triggered by entering SVAs; local authorities have discretion subject to rationality. The Public Sector Equality Duty was discharged at the appropriate stage given the high-level nature of the SVA decision. Devon County Council did not act irrationally or fail to make reasonable inquiries before entering the SVA. Entering the SVA did not frustrate the legislative purpose of Part 3 of the 2014 Act. No secret policy was operated.

  • Judicial review
  • Public sector equality duty
  • Consultation duty
  • Send funding
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Budgetary decisions
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Public law [2025] EWCA Civ 41

Khan v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Khan v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] EWCA Civ 41 (24 January 2025)

Court of Appeal dismissed a sanctions challenge by Anzhelika Khan, upholding her designation under the Russia sanctions regime and rejecting human rights and Padfield arguments.

  • Sanctions regime
  • Judicial review
  • Proportionality
  • Echr article 8
  • Echr a1p1
  • Padfield principle
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Tax law

UBS AG, R (on the application of) v The Commissioners for HMRC

The Upper Tribunal held UBS’s judicial review was not academic, found limited misdirections in HMRC’s November 2022 decision, and ordered reconsideration of the s684(7A) discretion.

  • Paye regulations
  • Discretion under s684(7a) itepa
  • Judicial review remedies
  • Padfield principle
  • Wednesbury irrationality
  • Paye-regulations
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Immigration law

Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL) & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Judicial review over digital proof for section 3C leave holders, addressing hardship, compliant environment checks, PSED, and section 55 child welfare duties.

  • Section 3c leave
  • Documentary proof of immigration status
  • Compliant environment policy
  • Public sector equality duty (psed)
  • Section 55 borders citizenship and immigration act 2009
  • Wednesbury unreasonableness
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