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Family-law

M (A Child: Adoption: Duty of Disclosure)

The Court of Appeal set aside an adoption order after finding the court had been misled by non-disclosure of the adopters’ separation and the mother’s relationship with a prisoner.

  • Duty-of-disclosure
  • Setting-aside-adoption-orders
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Adoption-law
  • Child-welfare
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Family-law [2026] EWCA Civ 568

M (A Child: Adoption: Duty of Disclosure)

M (A Child: Adoption: Duty of Disclosure) [2026] EWCA Civ 568 (11 May 2026)

Court of Appeal set aside an adoption order after finding the adopters withheld material facts about their separation and the adoptive mother’s relationship.

  • Adoption
  • Duty-of-disclosure
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Child-welfare
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Environmental-law

Municipio de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor

The Court of Appeal refused BHP permission to appeal on liability and limitation issues arising from the FundĂŁo dam collapse litigation, but granted expedition for a costs appeal.

  • Strict-liability
  • Fault-based-liability
  • Limitation-periods
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Appellate-review
  • Corporate-law
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Environmental-law [2026] EWCA Civ 502

Municipio de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor

Municipio de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 502 (06 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal refused BHP permission to appeal on liability issues arising from the FundĂŁo Dam collapse, finding no arguable procedural irregularity or error.

  • Strict-liability
  • Fault-based-liability
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Jurisdiction
  • Limitation
  • Expert-evidence
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Property-law

Ashley Peters v Mary Joseph

High Court appeal in a property ownership dispute admitted fresh evidence, set aside the forgery finding on the trust deed, and remitted the case for retrial.

  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Joint-tenancy-vs-tenancy-in-common
  • Forgery-allegations
  • Admission-of-fresh-evidence-on-appeal
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Severance-of-joint-tenancy
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Property-law [2026] EWHC 775 (Ch)

Peters v Joseph

Peters v Joseph [2026] EWHC 775 (Ch) (31 March 2026)

High Court appeal over ownership of a London property, fresh evidence, alleged forgery, and whether a trust deed should be treated as genuine.

  • Beneficial-ownership-of-property
  • Joint-tenancy-vs-tenants-in-common
  • Doctrine-of-survivorship
  • Forgery-of-documents
  • Admission-of-fresh-evidence-on-appeal
  • Procedural-irregularity
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Landlord-and-tenant

Peakstone Commerce Limited v Aziz Abdul Hozan Rahman

The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal in a rent arrears dispute, holding there was no procedural unfairness in relying on the defendant’s own pleaded statutory tenancy case.

  • Statutory-continuation-tenancy
  • Pleadings
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Rent-arrears
  • Counterclaim-dismissal
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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Administrative-law [2026] EWHC 637 (Admin)

The Professional Standards Authority v The Nursing and Midwifery Council & Anor

The Professional Standards Authority v The Nursing and Midwifery Council & Anor [2026] EWHC 637 (Admin) (18 March 2026)

The High Court allowed the PSA’s appeal against an NMC fitness to practise decision, finding serious procedural irregularity and flaws in the half-time rulings.

  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Fitness-to-practise
  • Misconduct
  • Consent-in-sexual-offences
  • Appeal-standards
  • Administrative-law
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