BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 30th, 2025 in law reports by michael

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

D, Re (Threshold Findings and Final Orders at IRH) [2025] EWCA Civ 1362 (30 October 2025)

Westfield Park Ltd v Harworth Estates Investments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1374 (30 October 2025)

Wilson & Anor v HB (SWA) Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1360 (29 October 2025)

K-H (Children)(Care Orders: Proportionality) [2025] EWCA Civ 1368 (29 October 2025)

Linear Investments Ltd v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1369 (29 October 2025)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

BVA, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1359 (29 October 2025)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Sostaks & Anor v Prosecutor General’s Office, Latvia [2025] EWHC 2795 (Admin) (29 October 2025)

Badie v Government of Kuwait & Anor [2025] EWHC 2783 (Admin) (29 October 2025)

Director of Public Prosecutions v Micura [2025] EWHC 2798 (Admin) (28 October 2025)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Scott v Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors [2025] EWHC 2796 (Ch) (29 October 2025)

High Court (Family Division)

Q (A Child), Re (Withdrawal of Treatment) [2025] EWHC 2782 (Fam) (28 October 2025)

High Court (King’s Bench Division)

Edge Telecommunications Ltd v Office of Communications (Ofcom) [2025] EWHC 2758 (KB) (30 October 2025)

Wealden District Council v Devall & Anor [2025] EWHC 2809 (KB) (29 October 2025)

Tarrant v Monkhouse [2025] EWHC 2576 (KB) (29 October 2025)

Khamba & Ors v Harrow London Borough Council & Ors [2025] EWHC 2803 (KB) (29 October 2025)

Source: www.bailii.org

Developer puts up 100ft union jack after council row – BBC News

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A 100ft (30m) union jack flag has been put up on the side of a former council building in Derbyshire to replace a smaller one that breached planning rules.’

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BBC News, 30th October 2025

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Bus Services Act 2025 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

Bus Services Act 2025

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Patients go to court to stop embryos being destroyed after admin error – The Guardian

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A group of at least 15 fertility patients are taking legal action to prevent their frozen embryos being destroyed as a result of administrative errors that could deny them a chance to have children.’

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The Guardian, 29th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Asylum seeker who murdered man inside bank jailed – BBC News

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘An asylum seeker who “calmly” walked into a bank and stabbed a man inside to death without provocation or motive has been jailed for life.’

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BBC News, 29th October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Fry in the Supreme Court – UK-EU Relations Law

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the recent Supreme Court judgment in C G Fry & Son Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2025] UKSC 35 concerning the ongoing interpretive role of EU law.’

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UK-EU Relations Law, 29th October 2025

Source: eurelationslaw.com

Judge surprised that paralegal did not know legal limits of her work – Legal Futures

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The High Court has expressed surprise that a paralegal did not know more about the restrictions that the reserved legal activities imposed on her work.’

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Legal Futures, 30th October 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Teenager found guilty of killing Harry Pitman, 16, during new year’s altercation – The Guardian

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A teenager has been found guilty of murder after stabbing Harry Pitman, 16, in a central London park during New Year’s Eve celebrations two years ago.’

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The Guardian, 29th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

PODCAST: Why suppliers could be a big source of cyber vulnerability, and how legal competition might stifle innovation – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 30th, 2025 in news by sally

‘As new figures show that UK cyber attacks are getting more serious Simon Colvin explains how to deal with the vulnerabilities in your supply chain, while David Halliwell applies some Nobel-winning counter-intuition to the economics of legal services.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

It’s a matter of trust – Gatehouse Chambers

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In this, the 100th anniversary year of the Law of Property Act 1925, the Court of Appeal has resolved a question under s. 53(1)(b) of the 1925 Act that has gone unanswered for all 100 of those years, at least at appellate level. Indeed, the same question arose under s. 7 of the Statute of Frauds 1677. So, it has awaited a clear answer for 348 years.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 27th October 2025

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 29th, 2025 in law reports by michael

Supreme Court

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v Revenue and Customs [2025] UKSC 37 (29 October 2025)

Process & Industrial Developments Ltd v The Federal Republic of Nigeria [2025] UKSC 36 (22 October 2025)

C G Fry & Son Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and another [2025] UKSC 35 (22 October 2025)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Reynolds v Abel Estate Agent Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1357 (27 October 2025)

London Borough of Enfield v A [2025] EWCA Civ 1355 (27 October 2025)

Hinkel v Gheissari & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1351 (24 October 2025)

AFA & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor (OPEN Judgment) [2025] EWCA Civ 825 (24 October 2025)

Thom Browne Inc & Anor v Adidas AG [2025] EWCA Civ 1340 (23 October 2025)

H, Re (Final Care Orders at IRH) [2025] EWCA Civ 1342 (23 October 2025)

Bellway Homes Ltd v The Occupiers of Samuel Garside House [2025] EWCA Civ 1347 (23 October 2025)

Babek International Ltd v Iceland Foods Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1341 (23 October 2025)

SAG, R (On the Application Of) v Governing Body of Winchmore School [2025] EWCA Civ 1335 (21 October 2025)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

NCL v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 1352 (28 October 2025)

Bukhari & Ors, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1353 (24 October 2025)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Beraru v Bucharest Court – First Criminal Division Romania [2025] EWHC 2770 (Admin) (29 October 2025)

The Badger Trust & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Natural England [2025] EWHC 2761 (Admin) (28 October 2025)

Director of Public Prosecutions v Jackson [2025] EWHC 2797 (Admin) (28 October 2025)

Save Greater Manchester Green Belt Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors [2025] EWHC 2742 (Admin) (24 October 2025)

Robles, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lewisham [2025] EWHC 2745 (Admin) (24 October 2025)

ARC Time Freehold Income Authorised Fund & Ors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWHC 2751 (Admin) (24 October 2025)

CIT, R (On the Application Of) v The Financial Conduct Authority (No.1) [2025] EWHC 2614 (Admin) (23 October 2025)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Marples & Ors v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 2794 (Ch) (28 October 2025)

Biddick v Biddick & Ors [2025] EWHC 2743 (Ch) (27 October 2025)

Cedar Securities Ltd & Anor v Phillips & Ors [2025] EWHC 2760 (Ch) (24 October 2025)

Kieran Corrigan & Co Ltd v OneE Group Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 2759 (Ch) (24 October 2025)

Poundland Ltd, In the Matter Of [2025] EWHC 2755 (Ch) (24 October 2025)

Wilton Student Developments (Egerton) Ltd v Ip [2025] EWHC 2750 (Ch) (24 October 2025)

Houssein & Ors v London Credit Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 2749 (Ch) (23 October 2025)

Jon Flowith & Partners v Greaves & Ors [2025] EWHC 2738 (Ch) (22 October 2025)

Sriram (aka Roy) v Brittain [2025] EWHC 2729 (Ch) (22 October 2025)

Canarapen v Gauchenot [2025] EWHC 2728 (Ch) (21 October 2025)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Allseeds Switzerland SA v Intergrain SA [2025] EWHC 2788 (Comm) (28 October 2025)

CRF I Ltd v Banco Nacional de Cuba & Anor [2025] EWHC 2786 (Comm) (28 October 2025)

KL Capital Ltd v Townsley & Ors [2025] EWHC 2740 (Comm) (24 October 2025)

White Rock Corporation Ltd v Middle Volga Shipping Company & Anor [2025] EWHC 2746 (Comm) (24 October 2025)

RMK Maritime (Europe) Ltd & Anor v CMB.Tech NV [2025] EWHC 2739 (Comm) (23 October 2025)

Alta Trading UK Ltd & Ors v Bosworth & Ors [2025] EWHC 2724 (Comm) (21 October 2025)

Wenda Co Ltd v Jinhong & Ors [2025] EWHC 2648 (Comm) (21 October 2025)

JSC “Kazan Oil Plant” v Aves Trade DMCC [2025] EWHC 2713 (Comm) (21 October 2025)

Bellhouse & Anor v Zurich Insurance Plc [2025] EWHC 2766 (Comm) (17 October 2025)

High Court (Family Division)

XX v XX [2025] EWHC 2756 (Fam) (24 October 2025)

M v F (Art 13 Thresholds Not Met) [2025] EWHC 2629 (Fam) (17 October 2025)

S v London Borough of Islington & Anor [2025] EWHC 2780 (Fam) (09 October 2025)

LGL v MC [2025] EWHC 2502 (Fam) (02 October 2025)

High Court (King’s Bench Division)

Wilkinson & Ors v Revenue and Customs [2025] EWHC 2773 (KB) (27 October 2025)

Craft Development SCI v Actis LLP & Ors [2025] EWHC 2744 (KB) ( 27 October 2025)

Chinda v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board [2025] EWHC 2692 (KB) (24 October 2025)

Optosafe Ltd & Anor v Robertson [2025] EWHC 2733 (KB) (22 October 2025)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Special Metals Wiggin Ltd v Corrotherm International Ltd [2025] EWHC 2769 (TCC) (28 October 2025)

Vision Construct Ltd v Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd [2025] EWHC 2707 (TCC) (21 October 2025)

Source: www.bailii.org

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025: a guide for private landlords in England – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 provides for the biggest shake-up of short term residential lettings in England in a generation.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2025

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Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Repealing ‘the presumption” – an explainer – Transparency Project

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Section 1(2A) of the Children Act 1989, as amended in 2014, states that, with regard to applications for child arrangements orders under Section 8:

A court … is as respects each parent … to presume, unless the contrary is shown, that involvement of that parent in the life of the child concerned will further the child’s welfare.’

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Transparency Project, 28th October 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

Judge slashes law firm’s costs because of Mazur – Legal Futures

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A regional costs judge has described how he applied the High Court’s ruling in Mazur to cut the costs awarded to a law firm in a housing possession case from £3,000 to less than £500.’

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Legal Futures, 29th October 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Five more prisoners freed in error after sex offender’s release from Essex jail – The Guardian

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Five other prisoners have also been released by mistake in the same week a convicted Ethiopian sex offender was allowed to walk free from an Essex jail, says the prison officers’ union.’

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The Guardian, 28th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Police failed to tell me about my partner’s violent past. He ended up strangling me – BBC News

Posted October 29th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS), also known as Clare’s Law, people concerned their partner or ex-partner may have a history of being abusive can ask police to disclose incidents on their record in a “right to ask” application.’

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BBC News, 29th October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Housing Disrepair: Awaab’s Law – Here to Stay by Esther Bukoye – Park Square Barristers

Posted October 28th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In 2020, Awaab Ishak sadly passed away at 2 years of age due to being exposed to damp and mould in their home. The findings of his inquest led to a national outcry, calls for a reckoning, and ultimately, his tragedy lit the match of reform in what is now known as ‘Awaab’s Law’.’

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Park Square Barristers, 28th October 2025

Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk

Pre-settled status and welfare benefits post Brexit – UK-EU Relations Law

Posted October 28th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In this blog post, Reuben Andrews of Monckton Chambers discusses pre-settled status and welfare benefits.’

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UK-EU Relations Law, 28th October 2025

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Care proceedings and chronic neglect – Transparency Project

Posted October 28th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Six children, aged between two and twelve, were removed from their parents’ care because they had suffered chronic neglect and emotional harm, after court proceedings that had lasted 28 weeks and local authority involvement for 12 years.’

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Transparency Project, 24th October 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk