Judge quashes Home Office decision to extradite vulnerable man to US – The Guardian

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘A high court judge has ruled that a vulnerable autistic man should not be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges, quashing a Home Office decision.’

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The Guardian, 19th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted September 19th, 2025 in law reports by michael

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Fatolahzadeh v London Borough of Barnet (Rev1) [2025] EWCA Civ 1174 (18 September 2025)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Akwagbe v Ulrick (Re BL 634 Ltd) [2025] EWHC 2371 (Ch) (18 September 2025)

Klotho Brands Ltd v Stanford [2025] EWHC 2367 (Ch) (17 September 2025)

High Court (Family Division)

S v Q [2025] EWHC 2381 (Fam) (18 September 2025)

Source: www.bailii.org

Gypsy/Traveller caravan sites and supply of pitches – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘An inspector has dismissed an appeal against an enforcement notice in relation to a Gypsy/Traveller caravan site despite there being no five-year supply of deliverable pitches. Claire Nevin explains why.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Environmental enforcement powers: Walker v Chelmsford City Council [2020] EWHC 635 revisited – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘Following Walker v Chelmsford City Council [2020] EWHC 635 (Admin), the present position is that the s.108(4)(j) power under the Environment Act 1995 does not entitle an authorised person to require a person to answer written questions and provide written answers. Under the power is s.108(4)(j), the questions must be asked orally whilst in-person and on the premises.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Tribunal denies Proudman £350,000 costs over ‘doomed prosecution’ – Law Society Gazette

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘Dr Charlotte Proudman applied for £353,017, arguing that she should be awarded costs on an indemnity basis as the charges against her were “so doomed to fail that they should never have been proceeded with”. She claimed her prosecution was “the equivalent of a malicious prosecution” and that she was “improperly pursued and harassed” by the Bar Standards Board “in a way that a man would not have been” had he been the author of the tweets that gave rise to her prosecution.’

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Law Society Gazette, 18th September 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Judicial review granted after HMRC wrongly rejects company’s tax claim – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘The High Court in London has found in favour of a hotel room company in its challenge to a decision by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to reject evidence it had supplied to back up its input tax deduction claims.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 18th September 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

UK doctors guilty of sexual misconduct are not being struck off, research finds – The Guardian

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘Nearly a quarter (24%) of doctors found guilty of sexual misconduct were handed suspensions but allowed to continue working in medicine, according to analysis of fitness to practice tribunals by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). This is despite the regulator, the General Medical Council (GMC), recommending they be struck off the medical register.’

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The Guardian, 18th September 2025

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Baroness Hale on her stupendous, eye-opening life in the law: ‘People are capable of treating tiny children very, very badly’ – The Guardian

Posted September 19th, 2025 in news by michael

‘When a supreme court judge is a household name, it’s either because they’re very outspoken on a hot topic, or because you’re living in choppy times, and there are so few grownups left among the legislators that the law has to put its hoof down.’

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The Guardian, 18th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com