England and Wales Case Law

Tandridge District Council v John Brien & Ors

The court found compelling evidence of flagrant breaches of planning control causing significant harm to the Green Belt, with insufficient evidence from Defendants regarding hardship or alternative accommodation. The planning application was invalid and did not reflect actual site conditions. The Council had adequately considered welfare and equality duties. Injunctive relief was necessary and proportionate to prevent ongoing harm, and the terms of the injunction were clear, tailored, and justified both for named Defendants and Persons Unknown.

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• Injunctions
• Green belt protection
• Gypsy and traveller sites
• Article 8 echr
• Persons unknown
• Public sector equality duty

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OAJ & Ors, R (on the application of) v His Majesty's Treasury & Anor

Permission for judicial review is refused because the eligibility criteria for statutory childcare schemes are within statutory powers, discrimination is objectively justified, the criteria are rational, and the public sector equality duty was adequately discharged or subsequently remedied, with no substantial likelihood of a different outcome.

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• Judicial review
• Statutory interpretation
• Discrimination
• Public sector equality duty
• Immigration control
• Childcare eligibility

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Ben Lotz v The Information Commissioner & Department for Work and Pensions

The tribunal dismissed Mr Lotz’s FOIA appeal, holding that DWP’s section 12 estimate for finding team email addresses at London Jobcentres was reasonable and evidence-based.

• Freedom of information act 2000
• Section 12 costs limit
• Section 16 advice and assistance
• Publication schemes
• Public sector equality duty
• Freedom-of-information

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Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead v Martin Cawley & Ors

The Council failed to demonstrate that it had properly reassessed the balance of factors in light of new information regarding the welfare needs and personal circumstances of residents, including children. Therefore, a final injunction was not granted; instead, the interim injunction was extended to preserve the status quo pending determination of the planning application, with costs in the case.

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• Injunctive relief
• Breach of planning control
• Green belt protection
• Public sector equality duty
• Article 8 echr
• Welfare of children

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Blackpool Borough Council v Alice Ester Beale & Ors

The High Court granted a permanent planning injunction against the named defendants, but refused to continue it against persons unknown.

• Breach of planning control
• Section 187b tcpa 1990 injunction
• Romani gypsy / traveller accommodation
• Public sector equality duty
• Article 8 proportionality
• Persons unknown injunction

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PZP, R (on the application of) v HS Academy Trust & Anor

Both claims fail because the IRP made PZP's family aware of their right to adjourn for SEN expert, and the family voluntarily, knowingly waived it; IRP's recommendation for GDP reconsideration, though lacking explanation, was not materially irrational given subsequent GDP reconsideration; STW's claim fails as no evidence established X's involvement in prior incident, IRP's error on protected characteristic was immaterial, and equalities duties were substantively considered throughout the process.

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• Permanent exclusion
• Special educational needs
• Procedural fairness
• Public sector equality duty
• Racial discrimination
• Judicial review standards

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Sarvar Ismailov (No 2) V Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

The High Court dismissed a sanctions review challenge to the family-association designation criterion and the claimant’s maintained designation under the Russia Regulations.

• Sanctions
• Judicial review
• Proportionality
• Ultra vires
• Carltona principle
• Public sector equality duty

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Ismailov (No 2) V Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Ismailov (No 2) V Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2026] EWHC 1188 (Admin) (18 May 2026)

Challenge to UK sanctions designating Sarvar Ismailov as an immediate family member of Alisher Usmanov dismissed; the family criterion and maintenance decision were upheld.

• Economic sanctions
• Asset freeze
• Proportionality
• Ultra vires
• Judicial review
• Human rights act 1998

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CKS & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Education

CKS & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Education [2026] EWHC 741 (Admin) (27 March 2026)

A judicial review challenging the refusal to extend Universal Infant Free School Meals to Charedi private-school pupils was dismissed. The court found no Article 14 breach, no PSED breach, and no irrationality.

• Discrimination
• Article 14 echr
• Equality act 2010
• Public sector equality duty
• Education act 1996
• Children and families act 2014

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CKS (a child) & Ors v Secretary of State for Education

The High Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to the refusal to extend Universal Infant Free School Meals to Charedi private school pupils.

• Article 14 echr
• Public sector equality duty
• Thlimmenos discrimination
• Education policy
• Religious discrimination
• Judicial review

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