England and Wales Case Law

Sroda Construction Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Elmbridge Borough Council

Sroda Construction Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Elmbridge Borough Council [2026] EWHC 967 (Admin) (24 April 2026)

Permission for judicial review was refused as out of time. The court also held that, even if timely, challenges over solar panels and notice would have failed.

• Judicial-review-time-limits
• Material-planning-considerations
• Notification-requirements-in-planning
• Renewable-energy-as-planning-consideration
• Judicial-review
• Planning-law

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The Governing Body of a School v M

The Upper Tribunal dismissed a school governing body’s appeal about late admission of a disability discrimination claim concerning a permanent exclusion.

• Disability-discrimination-in-schools
• Tribunal-procedure
• Time-limits-for-claims
• Permanent-exclusion
• Special-educational-needs
• Disability-discrimination

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A & B v C & D

The High Court granted multiple parental orders in surrogacy cases, authorised non-expenses payments, extended time limits where needed, and held welfare is paramount.

• Surrogacy
• Parental-orders
• Domicile
• Time-limits
• Authorisation-of-payments
• Child-welfare

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A & B v C & D (Rev1)

A & B v C & D (Rev1) [2026] EWHC 972 (Fam) (14 April 2026)

Family Division judgment on parental orders in surrogacy cases, holding that welfare is paramount when authorising payments above reasonable expenses under section 54(8) HFEA 2008.

• Parental-orders
• Surrogacy
• Human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008
• Public-policy-and-welfare
• Authorisation-of-payments
• Adoption-alternatives

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Eric Matthew W. Masaba v The Information Commissioner

The First-tier Tribunal struck out an information rights application as out of time, finding the applicant waited nearly six years after the complaint was received.

• Gdpr-complaint
• Procedural-time-limits
• Application-strike-out
• Information-rights
• Data-protection
• Tribunal-procedure

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SCS Cleaning Limited v The Pensions Regulator

The Tribunal struck out SCS Cleaning Limited’s pension penalty appeal for lack of jurisdiction because no valid statutory review had taken place.

• Jurisdiction-of-tribunal
• Penalty-notices
• Review-procedures
• Time-limits-for-review
• Compliance-with-statutory-requirements
• Pensions-law

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Eskander v General Medical Council

Eskander v General Medical Council [2026] EWCA Civ 372 (31 March 2026)

The Court of Appeal held Dr Eskander’s statutory appeal was brought in time despite late fee payment, applying Siniakovich to an appeal under the Medical Act 1983.

• Statutory-appeals
• Time-limits-for-appeals
• Court-fees-and-filing-requirements
• Extension-of-time
• Human-rights-(article-6-echr)
• Court-fees

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David Green v The Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance (Incorporated) & Anor

Employment Tribunal claim by a curate alleging whistleblowing detriments and perceived-disability discrimination was dismissed; some disclosures were protected, but causation and timing failed.

• Whistleblowing
• Direct-discrimination
• Perceived-disability
• Jurisdiction
• Time-limits
• Employment-law

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The Commissioners for HMRC v Shaun Harte

The Upper Tribunal held that discovery assessments and extended time limits under TMA 1970 apply to each insufficiency separately, not to a mixed assessment as a whole.

• Discovery-assessments
• Statutory-interpretation
• Time-limits
• Conduct-conditions
• Income-tax

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Hopkinson Reclamation Limited v The Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England

The Upper Tribunal dismissed an appeal against refusal of an operator’s licence application, holding the Traffic Commissioner was entitled to refuse it for late financial evidence and unresolved phoenix concerns.

• Operator's-licence
• Financial-standing
• Phoenix-company
• Time-limits
• Appeal-procedure
• Operator-licence

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