The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010: Ryanair DAC v Benjamin Morais & Ors – Devereux Chambers
‘Analysis from Stuart Brittenden KC and Bruce Carr KC.’
Devereux Chambers, 17th January 2025
Source: www.devereuxchambers.co.uk
Category: appeals
A bitter taste? When will the Court depart from assimilated EU case law? – UK-EU Relations Law
‘In this blog post Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses a new Court of Appeal judgment, Thatchers Cider Co Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 5 (“Thatchers”), in which the Court decided not to depart from assimilated case law.’
UK-EU Relations Law, 29th January 2025
Source: eurelationslaw.com
UKSC to decide what ‘Woman’ means in the Equality Act 2010 – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is poised to deliver its judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, examining whether “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) includes trans women with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA). This blog discusses why GRC holders should not be excluded from the EA’s sex discrimination protections.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 30th January 2025
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
Court of Appeal clarifies approach to tax deductibility of regulatory breach payments – OUT-LAW.com
‘A recent judgment by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales makes clear the correct approach to issues regarding the tax deductibility of payments made in settlement of regulatory breaches, experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Are AML breaches misconduct? High Court hears SRA appeal – Legal Futures
‘A significant appeal that should decide whether a breach of the Money Laundering Regulations is also a breach of the SRA code of conduct starts in the High Court today.’
Legal Futures, 29th January 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Jailed ‘catfish’ paedophile has sentence increased – BBC News
‘A catfishing paedophile jailed for targeting more than 30 children online has had his sentence increased.’
BBC News, 29th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences – The Guardian
‘Sixteen environmental activists jailed in the past year will appear at the high court on Wednesday to ask England’s most senior judge to quash their “unduly harsh” sentences.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Journalists win appeal over naming of judges who decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by two journalists against a judge’s decision to order the anonymisation of the names of the circuit judges that had decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif, who was murdered by her father and step-mother in 2023.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Renewed homeless applications and new facts – Nearly Legal
‘Ivory, R (On the Application Of) v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (2025) EWCA Civ 21. A second appeal to the Court of Appeal from a judicial review of Welwyn Hatfield’s rejection of a homelessness application by Ms Ivory, on the basis that it was based on the same facts as a previous application by Ms Ivory on which Welwyn had decided no full housing duty was owed as Ms Ivory was intentionally homeless.’
Nearly Legal, 26th January 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Successive applications for homelessness assistance and new facts – Local Government Lawyer
‘Toby Vanhegan and Stephanie Lovegrove analyse a Court of Appeal ruling on whether a council was justified in declining to accept an application under section 183 of the Housing Act 1996 on the ground that it was based on the same facts as a previous application.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Judges who allowed Sara Sharif to remain in her father’s custody to be named next week – The Independent
‘Three judges that oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before she was murdered by her father and stepmother, can be named in seven days, a court has ruled.’
The Independent, 24th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Representative actions for mis-use of private information: “very difficult to bring” Prismall v Google [2024] EWCA Civ 1516 – Henderson Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld the striking out a representative action for misuse of private information. The judgment confirms the correct approach to identifying whether all claimants have the necessary ‘same interest’ in order to pursue a representative action. It highlights the risk that stripping back a claim to its lowest common denominator so as to satisfy the ‘same interest’ requirement may result in the pared down claim having no real prospect of success. Indeed, the Court of Appeal concluded that “a representative class claim for misuse of private information is always going to be very difficult to bring”.’
Henderson Chambers, 23rd December 2025
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
Parks and interpretation – Wyldecrest Parks Management Ltd [2024] UKUT 355 (LC) – Gatehouse Chambers
‘It’s time to unwrap Rule 7(6) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 (‘the Tribunal Rules’): the Upper Tribunal (‘UT’) has held in Wyldecrest Parks Management Ltd [2024] UKUT 355 (LC) that the First-tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) is not entitled under Rule 7(6) to require one party to serve the Tribunal’s directions on another, but must do so itself.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 11th December 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Menzies v Oakwood: requirement for specific agreement to transform retention of client monies into the payment of solicitors’ bills – Gatehouse Chambers
‘In Menzies v Oakwood Solicitors [2024] UKSC 34, the Supreme Court considered the meaning of payment for the purposes of section 70(4) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (SA 1974).’
Gatehouse Chambers, 20th December 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Immigration Blog: A Guide to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Practice Direction 2024 – Garden Court Chambers
‘On 1 November 2024, the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (FTT IAC) ushered in a new era with the publication of its latest Practice Direction (PD). This comprehensive document replaces previous iterations and Practice Statement No. 1 of 2022, signifying a considerable shift in the landscape of immigration and asylum appeals.’
Garden Court Chambers, 19th December 2024
Source: gardencourtchambers.co.uk
Dane Luo: R (Jwanczuk) v Work and Pensions Secretary: Bringing a Comparative Lens to Judicial Precedent on Inter-jurisdictional Laws – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The Supreme Court will hear the appeal in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UKSC/2023/0152) on 11 and 12 March 2025. One of the issues is the circumstances in which courts in England and Wales may depart from decisions of appellate courts in Northern Ireland and Scotland regarding laws of inter-jurisdictional operation (that is, laws passed by the Westminster Parliament that apply throughout the UK, or where identical or materially similar laws have been enacted in multiple jurisdictions). On one hand, the classical exposition of stare decisis is that it operates vertically, such that decisions by extra-hierarchical courts are never binding. But if stare decisis is concerned with predictability and enabling the public to legitimately rely on past decisions in carrying out their affairs, those aspirations would not be met if the same provisions were given two different meanings depending on whether one is north or south of the Tweed (or if one is to the east or west of the Irish Sea in Great Britain or Northern Ireland).’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 22nd January 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Parks and interpretation – Wyldecrest Parks Management Ltd [2024] UKUT 355 (LC) – Gatehouse Chambers
‘It’s time to unwrap Rule 7(6) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 (‘the Tribunal Rules’): the Upper Tribunal (‘UT’) has held in Wyldecrest Parks Management Ltd [2024] UKUT 355 (LC) that the First-tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) is not entitled under Rule 7(6) to require one party to serve the Tribunal’s directions on another, but must do so itself.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 11th December 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Thatchers triumph in Court of Appeal copycat battle – OUT-LAW.com
‘A recent court of Court of Appeal decision is “game changing” for brand owners and signals a renewed commitment by the UK courts to protecting brand identity and ensuring fair competition, experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Sentence review bid made for Sara Sharif’s father – BBC News
‘The Solicitor General has decided to appeal against the sentence passed on Sara Sharif’s father as “unduly lenient.”‘
BBC News, 20th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Service of documents – post and deemed service – Nearly Legal
‘D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor (2025) EWCA Civ 11. This is the Court of Appeal judgment. The central issue was whether service by post of a gas safety certificate, EPC and How to Rent Guide was deemed service under i) Section 7 Interpretation Act 1978, ii) the tenancy agreement, or iii) otherwise. The circumstances were that the tenant denied receipt of the documents, such that a subsequent section 21 notice, which was received, was invalid.’
Nearly Legal, 19th January 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
