Results: 50

• LLC Synesis v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

  14 Mar 2023 [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin); [2024] KB 81; [2023] 3 WLR 927; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 976; [2023] WLR(D) 137, KBD (Jay J)

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  SANCTIONS — Designation — Statutory threshold
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  SANCTIONS — Designation — Statutory threshold — Secretary of State refusing to revoke company’s designation under sanctions regulations — Company applying to court for refusal to be set aside — Whether “reasonable grounds to suspect” company an involved person under regulations — Proper approach of court on application to set refusal aside — Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c 13), ss 11(2), 23, 38 — Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/600), regs 5, 6(1)(a)

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• UK P&I Club NV v República Bolivariana de Venezuela

  28 Jun 2022 [2022] EWHC 1655 (Comm); [2022] 1 WLR 4856; [2023] 1 All ER 243; [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 63; [2022] 2 Lloyd's Rep 520; [2022] WLR(D) 293, QBD (Sir Ross Cranston)

  28 Oct 2022 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 494, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose JJSC)

  20 Dec 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1497; [2024] KB 399; [2024] 2 WLR 912; [2024] 3 All ER 532; [2024] 2 All ER (Comm) 567; [2024] 1 Lloyd's Rep 417; [2024] WLR(D) 5, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Popplewell, Phillips LJJ)

  02 May 2024 (appn dis) [2024] 1 WLR 2470, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 5.
  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Statutory exception

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Enforcement immunity
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  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Statutory exception — Sovereign state’s naval vessel lost after collision with liner insured by insurers — State pursuing claims against insurers other than in London arbitration — Whether state enjoying immunity from adjudicative jurisdiction of English courts — Whether commercial or arbitration exceptions applying — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), ss 1, 3(1)(a), 9

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Enforcement immunity — Insurers bringing claim in English courts seeking final injunction restraining sovereign state from pursuing claims against insurers other than in London arbitration — Statutory bar on granting of injunctions against sovereign states — Whether bar incompatible with right to fair trial — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 13(2)(a) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Enforcement immunity — Statutory bar on granting of injunctions against sovereign states — Whether bar incompatible with right to fair trial — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 13(2)(a) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6

  10 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  07 Sep 2022 [2022] EWHC 2298 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 711; [2023] 2 All ER 769; [2022] WLR(D) 369, QBD (Kerr J)

  11 Oct 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1156; [2024] KB 275; [2024] 2 WLR 795; [2024] 3 All ER 283; [2023] WLR(D) 414, CA (Underhill, Elisabeth Laing, Falk LJJ)

  27 Feb 2024 (appn all) [2024] 1 WLR 1570, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Sales, Lady Rose JJSC)

  20 Nov 2025 [2025] UKSC 42; [2025] 3 WLR 741; [2025] WLR(D) 581, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Rose, Lord Richards, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 9.
  SOCIAL SECURITY — Contributory benefit — Bereavement support payment

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Decision of Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland — How far binding

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Decision of Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland — Weight to be accorded to
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  SOCIAL SECURITY — Contributory benefit — Bereavement support payment — Payment payable to spouse or civil partner of deceased on condition deceased having made sufficient national insurance contributions — Spouse of severely disabled deceased unable to meet contribution condition — Whether contribution condition discriminatory — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14, Pt II, art 1 — Pensions Act 2014 (c 19), ss 30, 31

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Decision of Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland — How far binding — Decision of Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland on identical issue concerning identically-worded legislative provisions — Whether to be followed by Court of Appeal in England and Wales — Circumstances in which permissible to depart from such decision

  SOCIAL SECURITY — Contributory benefit — Bereavement support payment — Payment payable to spouse or civil partner of deceased on condition deceased having made sufficient national insurance contributions — Spouse of severely disabled deceased who was unable to meet contribution condition — Whether contribution condition discriminatory — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 3, 4, Sch 1, Pt I, art 14, Pt II, art 1 — Pensions Act 2014 (c 19), ss 30, 31

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Decision of Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland — Weight to be accorded to — Decision of Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland on identical issue concerning identically-worded legislative provisions — Whether to be followed by Court of Appeal in England and Wales — Circumstances in which permissible to depart from such decision

  SOCIAL SECURITY — Contributory benefit — Bereavement support payment — Payment payable to spouse or civil partner of deceased on condition deceased having made sufficient national insurance contributions — Spouse of severely disabled deceased who was unable to meet contribution condition — Whether contribution condition discriminatory — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 14, Pt II, art 1 — Pensions Act 2014 (c 19), ss 30, 31

  17 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• U3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  04 Mar 2022 [2022] UKSIAC SC_153_2018; SC/153/2018 & SC/153/2021, SIAC

  14 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 811; [2024] KB 433; [2024] 2 WLR 319; [2024] 3 All ER 17; [2023] WLR(D) 311, CA (Peter Jackson, Carr, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  12 May 2025 [2025] UKSC 19; [2025] 2 WLR 1041; [2025] 4 All ER 349; [2025] WLR(D) 260, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Sales, Lord Stephens JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 20.
  NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Deprivation
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  NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Deprivation — Appeal to Special Immigration Appeals Commission against deprivation of British citizenship on national security grounds — Whether appeal to be treated as application for judicial review — Whether Commission having power to make findings of fact on appeal — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), s 40 — Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c 68), s 2B

  NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Deprivation — Secretary of State depriving appellant of citizenship and refusing appellant’s application for entry clearance on national security grounds — Appellant appealing to Special Immigration Appeals Commission on basis Secretary of State’s national security assessment wrong — Proper approach of Commission to Secretary of State’s national security assessment — Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), s 3 — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), s 40(2) — Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c 68), ss 2, 2B — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6(1), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8

  NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Deprivation — Secretary of State depriving appellant of citizenship and refusing appellant’s application for entry clearance on national security grounds — Appellant appealing to Special Immigration Appeals Commission on basis Secretary of State’s national security assessment wrong — Proper approach of Commission to Secretary of State’s national security assessment — Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), s 3 — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), s 40(2) — Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c 68), ss 2, 2B

  14 Case(s) considered

  4 Statutes considered

• CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA v Afriquia Gaz SA

  11 Nov 2022 [2022] EWHC 2871 (Comm); [2022] 4 WLR 111; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 709; [2022] WLR(D) 458, KBD (Robin Knowles J)

  28 Sep 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1072; [2024] KB 243; [2024] 2 WLR 686; [2024] 2 All ER 616; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 1165; [2023] WLR(D) 419, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Phillips, Carr LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Special jurisdiction
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  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Party issuing Part 20 claim form against bank in Switzerland during Brexit implementation period on basis of jurisdiction under Lugano Convention — Party serving claim form after implementation period without court’s permission — Whether permission required — CPR r 6.33(3)

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Party bringing Part 20 claim on basis English courts having jurisdiction under Lugano Convention — Claim form issued during implementation period for United Kingdom’s exit from European Union but served after end of such period — Whether court’s permission required to serve claim form outside jurisdiction — CPR r 6.33(3)

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Special jurisdiction — Party bringing Part 20 claim on basis English courts having jurisdiction under Lugano Convention — Whether English courts having jursidiction — Whether necessary to establish close connection between Part 20 claim and main proceedings — Whether jurisdiction founded at date of issue of Part 20 claim capable of later being lost — Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (2007), art 6(2)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• Al Sadeq v Dechert LLP

  05 Apr 2023 [2023] EWHC 795 (KB); [2023] 1 WLR 3749; [2023] WLR(D) 205, KBD (Murray J)

  24 Jan 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 28; [2024] KB 1038; [2024] 3 WLR 403; [2024] 3 All ER 575; [2024] WLR(D) 36, CA (Underhill, Males, Popplewell LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 19.
  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Legal professional privilege
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  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Legal professional privilege — Law firm assisting clients with criminal investigation into fraud — Claimant bringing civil claim against law firm on ground investigation leading to his unlawful arrest and detention — Law firm resisting disclosure of documents in reliance on legal professional privilege — Whether iniquity exception to legal professional privilege applying — Whether litigation privilege capable of applying if law firm’s clients not party to litigation

  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Legal professional privilege — Claimant bringing claim against law firm on ground criminal investigation conducted by law firm’s clients leading to his unlawful detention — Law firm resisting disclosure of documents in reliance on legal professional privilege — Whether iniquity exception to legal professional privilege applying — Whether litigation privilege capable of applying if law firm’s clients not parties to litigation

  21 Case(s) considered
• Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v AT

  12 Dec 2022 [2022] UKUT 330 (AAC); [2023] 1 WLR 2669; [2023] WLR(D) 223, UT (Chamberlain J, UT Judges Ward, Wright)

  08 Nov 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1307; [2024] KB 633; [2024] 2 WLR 967; [2024] 3 All ER 1020, CA (King, Green, Dingemans LJJ)

  07 Feb 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 17.
  SOCIAL SECURITY — Welfare benefits — Universal credit
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  SOCIAL SECURITY — Welfare benefits — Universal credit — EU national with pre-settled status claiming universal credit after end of transition period of UK’s withdrawal from EU — Claim refused on ground EU national not meeting basic condition for entitlement — Whether condition to be disapplied so as to give effect to EU national’s Charter right to human dignity — Whether UK required to act compatibly with such right following end of transition period — FEU Treaty, art 21 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 1 — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, arts 2, 4, 10, 13

  SOCIAL SECURITY — Welfare benefits — Universal credit — EU national with pre-settled status claiming universal credit after end of transition period of UK’s withdrawal from EU — Claim refused on ground EU national not meeting basic condition for entitlement — Whether condition to be disapplied so as to give effect to EU national’s Charter right to human dignity — Whether UK required to act compatibly with such right following end of transition period — European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c 16), s 7A — FEU Treaty, art 21 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, arts 1, 4, 7, 24 — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, arts 2, 4, 13

  4 Case(s) considered

  3 EU Enactments considered

  1 Statute considered

• R (Crown Prosecution Service) v Crown Court at Preston

  27 Jul 2023 [2023] EWHC 1957 (Admin); [2024] KB 348; [2024] 2 WLR 779; [2023] 2 Cr App R 18; [2023] WLR(D) 396, DC (Edis LJ, Bennathan J)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CRIME — Crown Court — Reference by Criminal Cases Review Commission
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  CRIME — Crown Court — Reference by Criminal Cases Review Commission — Defendant pleading guilty to offences in youth court — Commission referring convictions to Crown Court for appeal — Whether necessary for guilty pleas to be vacated before appeal heard — Whether guilty pleas admissible in evidence on such appeal — Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c 43), s 108 — Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c 60), ss 74, 76 — Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (c 35), s 11

  3 Case(s) considered

  3 Statutes considered

• Dassault Aviation SA v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd

  20 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3287 (Comm); [2023] KB 269; [2023] 2 WLR 1061; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 500; [2023] WLR(D) 32, KBD (Cockerill J)

  12 Jan 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 5; [2024] KB 421; [2024] 2 WLR 833; [2024] 2 All ER (Comm) 442; [2024] WLR(D) 24, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Coulson, Phillips LJJ)

  02 May 2024 (appn dis) [2024] 1 WLR 2458, SC(E) ( Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Hamblen, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CONTRACT — Construction — Non-assignment clause
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  CONTRACT — Construction — Non-assignment clause — Sale contract prohibiting assignment of any part of it “by any party” without other party’s consent — Buyer’s right of recovery under sale contract subsequently assigned to insurer by operation of Japanese law — Whether prohibition on assignment applying to assignment by operation of law

  8 Case(s) considered
• Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseiny (El-Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC)

  13 May 2022 [2022] EWHC 894 (Comm), QBD (Andrew Baker J)

  19 May 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 555; [2024] KB 49; [2023] 3 WLR 645; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 111; [2024] 1 BCLC 383; [2023] WLR(D) 238, CA (Singh, Males, Popplewell LJJ)

  21 Sep 2023 (appn all) [2023] 1 WLR 4535, SC(E) (Lord Briggs, Lord Burrows, Lady Rose JJSC)

  19 Feb 2025 [2025] UKSC 4; [2025] 2 WLR 320; [2025] 2 All ER 853; [2025] 2 All ER (Comm) 869; [2025] 2 BCLC 195; [2025] WLR(D) 104, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose, Lord Richards JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 21.
  DEBT — Enforcement — Transaction at undervalue
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  DEBT — Enforcement — Transaction at undervalue — Debtor causing company wholly owned and controlled by him to transfer assets for purpose of putting them beyond creditor’s reach — Whether debtor entering into transaction if assets not beneficially owned by him — Whether debtor entering into transaction by causing company to enter into transaction — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 423

  DEBT — Enforcement — Transaction at undervalue — Debtor causing company wholly owned and controlled by him to transfer assets for purpose of putting them beyond creditor’s reach — Whether debtor entering into transaction if assets not beneficially owned by him — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 423

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered