England and Wales Case Law

Arun District Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors

Arun District Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors [2026] EWHC 1172 (Admin) (15 May 2026)

The High Court refused Arun District Council permission for section 288 review after late service on the developers deprived the court of jurisdiction.

• Statutory review
• Service of claim form
• Extension of time
• Jurisdiction
• Planning permission
• Sustainable drainage systems (suds)

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Beckett v Graham & Anor

Beckett v Graham & Anor [2026] EWHC 920 (KB) (21 April 2026)

The High Court held that an amended claim form under CPR 17.1(1) did not have to be filed before service, so service was valid and the appeal was dismissed.

• Service of claim form
• Amendment of statements of case
• Electronic working
• Practice directions
• Jurisdiction
• Service-of-claim-form

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Howard Beckett v Sharon Graham & Anor

The High Court held that an amended sealed claim form under CPR 17.1(1) did not need to be filed before service to be validly served.

• Service of claim form
• Amendment of pleadings
• Electronic working
• Practice directions
• Jurisdictional challenges
• Service-of-claim-form

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Valentine London Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

Valentine London Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2026] EWHC 790 (Admin) (01 April 2026)

The High Court refused to validate late service of a planning statutory review claim and held the sealed claim form was not served within the 6-week limit.

• Service of claim form
• Retrospective validation of service (cpr 6.15)
• Extension of time for service (cpr 7.6(3))
• Planning statutory review
• Jurisdictional requirements
• Access to court

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Valentine London Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

Planning statutory review failed because the claimant did not serve the sealed claim form in time. The court refused retrospective validation and an extension of time.

• Service of claim form
• Extension of time
• Retrospective validation of service
• Planning statutory review
• Litigant in person procedure
• Planning-statutory-review

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Lawrence, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Croydon

Lawrence, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Croydon [2026] EWHC 483 (Admin) (04 March 2026)

The High Court quashed Croydon’s traffic orders, holding they were made for the unlawful purpose of raising revenue and rejecting a late service-based jurisdiction challenge.

• Traffic regulation orders
• Jurisdictional challenge
• Service of claim form
• Legitimate expectation
• Statutory interpretation
• Judicial-review

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Laurence Westgaph v National Museums Liverpool

The court refused to extend time for service of the claim form under CPR 6.15(2) due to lack of good reason and substantial prejudice to the Defendant; further, even if time were extended, permission would be refused as the claims were not reasonably arguable and not amenable to judicial review, being essentially private law matters.

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• Judicial review
• Public sector equality duty
• Service of claim form
• Amenability to judicial review
• Procedural fairness

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Nikki Lumsden v Rachel Charles

Service of claim form at section 48 address is not valid after tenancy ends; relief from sanction properly refused due to serious and significant breach, lack of promptness, and absence of good reason; Judge's exercise of discretion was within the ambit of reasonable decisions.

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• Relief from sanction
• Service of claim form
• Tenancy deposit protection
• Address for service
• Cpr compliance

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Football Samurai Academy Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Ealing

Football Samurai Academy Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Ealing [2025] EWHC 3022 (Admin) (19 November 2025)

The Administrative Court held that the council’s lease decision was not amenable to judicial review, refused to validate late service in the first claim, and refused to extend time for the second.

• Judicial review
• Legitimate expectation
• Public law vs private law
• Service of claim form
• Extension of time
• Lease renewal

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Football Samurai Academy Limited, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Ealing

The court held the dispute over a proposed lease renewal was not amenable to judicial review, refused time extensions, and set aside the first claim for invalid service.

• Judicial review
• Legitimate expectation
• Public law vs private law
• Extension of time
• Service of claim form
• Judicial-review

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