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Tax law

The Commissioners for HMRC v John Douglas Wardle

The Upper Tribunal refused Mr Wardle’s application for a protective costs order in HMRC’s appeal, finding no real public interest and no basis for an appeal costs order.

  • Protective costs order
  • Appeal costs order
  • Costs capping order
  • Trade commencement
  • Entrepreneurs’ relief
  • Protective-costs-order
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Administrative law [2025] EWHC 23 (Admin)

Holohan & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v High Speed Two Ltd (HS2 Ltd)

Holohan & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v High Speed Two Ltd (HS2 Ltd) [2025] EWHC 23 (Admin) (20 January 2025)

The High Court refused permission for judicial review and dismissed interim relief, disclosure, protective costs, and strike-out applications concerning Stanthorne Hall.

  • Judicial review
  • Interim relief
  • Listed buildings
  • Public procurement
  • Disclosure
  • Protective costs order
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Administrative law [2021] EWHC 703 (Admin)

Croyde Area Residents Association, R (On the Application Of) v North Devon District Council

Croyde Area Residents Association, R (On the Application Of) v North Devon District Council [2021] EWHC 703 (Admin) (23 March 2021)

The High Court varied a consent order so the £35,000 Aarhus costs cap was inclusive of VAT, applying the Court of Appeal’s decision in Friends of the Earth.

  • Aarhus convention
  • Protective costs order
  • Costs cap
  • Vat on costs
  • Consent orders
  • Aarhus-convention
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Administrative law

Western Saharan Campaign UK v Revenue And Customs

Costs judgment in judicial review over Western Sahara litigation. The claimant was awarded costs, including CJEU-related costs, and the protective costs order was interpreted as excluding VAT.

  • Judicial review
  • Costs
  • Protective costs order
  • Eu-morocco agreements
  • Standing
  • Reference to cjeu
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Civil procedure [2016] EWHC 470 (Admin)

Williams v East Northamptonshire District Council

Williams v East Northamptonshire District Council [2016] EWHC 470 (Admin) (07 March 2016)

The court dismissed a case-stated appeal and ordered the appellant to pay £10,000 in costs, finding the respondent’s bill broadly reasonable and proportionate.

  • Costs assessment
  • Proportionality of costs
  • Protective costs order
  • Litigant in person
  • Summary assessment
  • Costs-assessment
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Civil procedure

Williams v East Northamptonshire District Council

The Administrative Court dismissed Edward Williams’s appeal by case stated and ordered him to pay the respondent £10,000 in costs, after reducing a higher claimed sum.

  • Costs assessment
  • Proportionality of costs
  • Protective costs order
  • Summary assessment
  • Costs-assessment
  • Summary-assessment
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Planning law

Forster v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor

The Court of Appeal granted permission to appeal in a planning challenge about whether potential noise complaints against an existing music venue were a material consideration.

  • Material considerations in planning
  • Protective costs order
  • Noise nuisance
  • Impact on existing businesses
  • Daylight and sunlight assessment
  • Material-considerations-in-planning
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Constitutional law [2015] EWHC 3293 (Admin)

Tomescu, R (on the application of) v Lord President of the Council & Ors

Tomescu, R (on the application of) v Lord President of the Council & Ors [2015] EWHC 3293 (Admin) (20 October 2015)

The High Court refused permission for judicial review by Dr Tommy Tomescu challenging the exclusion of most EU citizens from the UK Parliamentary franchise.

  • Parliamentary franchise
  • Eu citizens' voting rights
  • Discrimination on grounds of nationality
  • Article 3 first protocol echr
  • Protective costs order
  • Parliamentary-franchise
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Environmental law [2014] EWCA Civ 1012

Austin v Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd

Austin v Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1012 (21 July 2014)

Court of Appeal held the Aarhus Convention may in principle cover some private nuisance claims, but this claim’s public benefit was too limited to justify a PCO.

  • Private nuisance
  • Protective costs order
  • Aarhus convention
  • Eu environmental directives
  • Costs in environmental litigation
  • Private-nuisance
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