Results: 5229

• R (CN) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

  04 Feb 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 86; [2022] 4 WLR 73; [2022] WLR(D) 68, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, King, Dingemans LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  HUMAN RIGHTS — Discrimination — Similar relevant status
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  HUMAN RIGHTS — Discrimination — Similar relevant status — Claimant contracting hepatitis B from contaminated NHS blood transfusion — Ex gratia scheme supporting those contracting hepatitis C or HIV from unscreened contaminated blood supplied by NHS — Scheme not including those with hepatitis B since NHS blood screened for such virus — Whether those infected with hepatitis B in relevantly similar position to those infected with hepatitis C or HIV — Whether exclusion from scheme of those with hepatitis B justified — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14, Pt II, art 1

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• R (D4) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  30 Jul 2021 [2021] EWHC 2179 (Admin); [2021] WLR(D) 433, QBD (Chamberlain J)

  26 Jan 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 33; [2022] QB 508; [2022] 2 WLR 785; [2022] WLR(D) 44, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Baker, Whipple LJJ)

  04 Apr 2022 (appn all) [2022] 1 WLR 2388, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — Whether ultra vires

  NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Deprivation
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  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — Whether ultra vires — Secretary of State depriving claimant of British citizenship on national security grounds — Statute requiring person to be given written notice of decision to make deprivation order before order made — Amendment to statutory instrument purporting to permit deemed notice to be given of decision to make deportation order by placing on person’s Home Office file — Whether amendment outwith Secretary of State’s regulation-making powers — Appropriate relief — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), ss 40(2)(5), 41(1) — British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/548), reg 10(4) (as amended by British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/851), reg 3)

  NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Deprivation — Secretary of State deciding to make order depriving person of British citizenship — Statute requiring Secretary of State to give written notice of such decision before making order — Amendment to statutory instrument purporting to permit deemed notice to be given of decision by placing notice on person’s Home Office file — Whether amendment ultra vires — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), ss 40(2)(5), 41(1)(e) — British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/548), reg 10(4)

  16 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• In re D (A Child) (Appeal from the Registration of a Maintenance Order)

  11 May 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 641; [2022] 4 WLR 63; [2023] 1 FLR 1, CA (Lewison, Moylan, Baker LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance order — Registration of foreign order
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance order — Registration of foreign order — Foreign child maintenance order registered under Hague Child Support Convention — Extent of right of appeal — Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (2007), art 23(1)(5) — FPR r 30.3(1)(1B), PD 30A, para 2.1

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 International Agreement considered

• Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International

  30 Nov 2022 [2022] EWHC 3054 (Comm); [2023] 1 WLR 2428; [2023] 3 All ER 1029; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 722; [2022] WLR(D) 480, KBD (Robin Knowles J)

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Third party
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  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Third party — Defendant applying for orders with view to obtaining disclosure of documents on personal e-mail accounts or devices of claimant foreign state’s employees or officeholders — Whether relevant data and documents within claimant’s “control” — Whether court having jurisdiction to make orders sought — Whether orders furthering overriding objective — CPR r 3.1(2)(m), PD 51U, Appendix 1, para 1.1

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Gorbachev v Guriev

  20 Jul 2022 [2022] EWHC 1907 (Comm); [2022] WLR(D) 352, QBD (Jacobs J)

  30 Sep 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 1270; [2023] KB 1; [2023] 2 WLR 1; [2023] 2 All ER 809; [2022] WLR(D) 387, CA (Nicola Davies, Males, Lewis LJJ)

  04 Jan 2023 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 948, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales JJSC)

  28 Mar 2023 (Costs) [2023] EWCA Civ 327; [2023] 1 WLR 2457; [2024] 1 All ER 885; [2023] WLR(D) 164, CA (Males, Popplewell, Dingemans LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 16.
  PRACTICE — Service out of Jurisdiction — Third party disclosure

  COSTS — Order for costs — Application for third party disclosure
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  PRACTICE — Service out of Jurisdiction — Third party disclosure — Permission granted to serve application for third party disclosure out of jurisdiction under jurisdictional gateway relating to “claim” under “enactment” allowing “proceedings to be brought” — Third parties applying to set aside application — Whether application constituting “claim” — Whether enactment allowing “proceedings to be brought” — Whether application able to be brought against persons outside jurisdiction — Whether court having jurisdiction — Whether appropriate for court having jurisdiction to exercise discretion to serve out — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 34 — CPR Pt 6, r 31.17, PD 6B, para 3.1(20)

  PRACTICE — Service out of Jurisdiction — Third party disclosure — Party applying for disclosure order against third parties located outside jurisdiction in respect of documents located within jurisdiction — Whether jurisdiction to grant permission to serve such application out of jurisdiction — Whether application constituting “claim” and “proceedings” for purposes of jurisdictional gateway — Whether enactment permitting application to be made against persons outside jurisdiction — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 34 — CPR PD 6B, para 3.1(20), r 31.17

  COSTS — Order for costs — Application for third party disclosure — Claimant applying for third party disclosure — Third party unsuccessfully challenging application on jurisdiction grounds — Whether third party to pay claimant’s costs of jurisdiction challenge — Whether costs of jurisdiction challenge costs of disclosure application — CPR rr 31.17, 44.2(2)(a), 46.1

  13 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Shah v Power

  11 Feb 2022 [2022] EWHC 209 (QB); [2022] 1 WLR 3015; [2022] WLR(D) 81, QBD (Eyre J)

  07 Mar 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 239; [2023] 1 WLR 2830; [2024] 1 All ER 1066; [2023] WLR(D) 194, CA (Lewison, Coulson, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  24 Jul 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  BUILDING — Party wall — Dispute resolution procedure
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  BUILDING — Party wall — Dispute resolution procedure — Property owner carrying out works without serving statutory party wall notice — Whether neighbouring owners entitled to invoke statutory dispute resolution procedure in absence of notice — Party Wall etc Act 1996 (c 40), ss 10, 20

  BUILDING — Party wall — Dispute resolution procedure — Building owner carrying out works without serving party structure notice — Whether adjoining owners able to invoke statutory dispute resolution procedure in absence of notice — Party Wall etc Act 1996 (c 40), ss 2, 3, 10

  8 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (MG) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  20 Jul 2022 [2022] EWHC 1847 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 284; [2022] WLR(D) 322, QBD (Johnson J)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 5.
  HUMAN RIGHTS — Inhuman or degrading treatment — Duty to investigate
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  HUMAN RIGHTS — Inhuman or degrading treatment — Duty to investigate — Knife attack by asylum seeker staying in hotel accommodation provided by Secretary of State — Whether Secretary of State under duty to initiate independent investigation into attack — Whether Secretary of State breaching lower level systems duty or operational duty so as to give rise to investigative duty — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 3 — Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 95(1)(a) — Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/7), reg 4(3)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Substation Action Save East Suffolk Ltd) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (R (Substation Action Save East Suffolk Ltd) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero)

  13 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3177 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 975; [2022] WLR(D) 505, KBD (Lang J)

  17 Jan 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 12; [2024] PTSR 561; [2024] WLR(D) 22, CA (Coulson, Lewis, William Davis LJJ)

  31 May 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused, , SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 10.
  PLANNING — Development — National policy statement
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  PLANNING — Development — National policy statement — Development consent granted for wind turbine projects comprising offshore and onshore development — Whether development consent orders unlawful — Whether flood risk from surface water properly taken into account — Whether insufficient weight given to harm to heritage assets — Whether sufficient consideration of alternative sites — Planning Act 2008 (c 29), ss 104, 114 — Infrastructure Planning (Decision) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/305), reg 3 — National Planning Policy Framework (2021), paras 161, 162 — Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy EN-1, Pts 4.4, 5.7

  PLANNING — Development — National policy statement — Development consent orders granted for wind farms comprising offshore and onshore development — Whether flood risk from surface water properly taken into account — Whether sequential test for flood risk properly applied — Whether consent orders lawful — Planning Act 2008 (c 29), ss 104, 114 — National Planning Policy Framework (2021), para 162 — Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy EN-1, paras 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.9, 5.7.13

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  3 Statutory Instruments considered

• Olsten (UK) Holdings Ltd v Adecco Group European Works Council

  13 Dec 2022 [2022] EAT 183; [2023] ICR 406; [2023] IRLR 180, EAT (Kerr J)

  26 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 883; [2024] ICR 1; [2023] WLR(D) 332, CA (Simler, Dingemans, Whipple LJJ)

  24 Jan 2024 (appn dis) [2024] ICR 444, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Consultation and information — European Works Council
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Consultation and information — European Works Council — Employees of multinational group of companies made redundant in four European states — Redundancy decisions unrelated and in each case made by local management — Whether “transnational” matters — Whether employer obliged to consult works council — Appropriate penalty for failure to consult — Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/3323), regs 2(4A), 18A, 21(1B) — Council Directive 2009/38/EC, art 1(4)

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Consultation and information — European Works Council — Employees of multinational group of companies made redundant in different European states — Redundancy decisions unrelated and in each case made by local management — Whether “transnational” matters — Whether employer obliged to consult works council — Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/3323), regs 2(4A), 18A — Council Directive 2009/38/EC, art 1(4)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Walton v Pickerings Solicitors

  02 Aug 2022 [2022] EWHC 2073 (Ch); [2022] 1 WLR 4964; [2022] WLR(D) 365, Ch D (Robin Vos sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  06 Jun 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 602; [2023] 1 WLR 3545; [2024] 2 All ER 978; [2023] WLR(D) 243, CA (Asplin, Nugee, Falk LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 9.
  PRACTICE — Claim form — Extension of time

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service
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  PRACTICE — Claim form — Extension of time — Court issuing claim form but not providing claimant with sealed claim form until more than four months later — Claimant consequently failing to serve sealed claim form within four-month time limit — Claimant serving sealed claim form on receipt and applying for extension of time ten days later — Whether claimant having “taken all reasonable steps to comply” with time limit — Whether claimant “acted promptly” in applying for extension — Whether court having discretion to refuse to grant extension of time even if threshold conditions satisfied — CPR rr 7.5, 7.6(3)

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service — Court issuing and sealing claim form but backdating it by more than four months — Claimant immediately serving claim form on defendants — Whether court having power to seal claim form with date other than that on which it was issued and sealed — Whether claim form served within four months of issue — CPR rr 2.6, 7.2, 7.5

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered