18/12/2025 – Current Awareness

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 18th, 2025 in law reports by michael

Supreme Court

Revenue and Customs v Hotel La Tour Ltd [2025] UKSC 46 (17 December 2025)

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review [2025] UKSC 47 (17 December 2025)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Sintra Global Inc & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1661 (18 December 2025)

Lunak Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd & Anor v Tyburn Film Productions Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1643 (18 December 2025)

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc & Ors v Dexcom Incorporated & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1633 (18 December 2025)

Public And Commercial Services Union, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1644 (16 December 2025)

Nisar & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1646 (16 December 2025)

The Nursing And Midwifery Council v Ibrahim [2025] EWCA Civ 1631 (15 December 2025)

AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1622 () (15 December 2025)

C (A Child)(Interim Separation: Residential Care) [2025] EWCA Civ 1618 (15 December 2025)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Jenkins v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 1657 (18 December 2025)

Smith & Ors, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1623 (16 December 2025)

Vesey, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1642 (15 December 2025)

Younis, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1632 (15 December 2025)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Moore & Anor v The Secretary Of State For The Environment, Food & Rural Affairs & Ors [2025] EWHC 3313 (Admin) (17 December 2025)

ABW, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3280 (Admin) (17 December 2025)

Chiribau v Prosecutor General’s Service In Antwerp, Belgium [2025] EWHC 3234 (Admin) (17 December 2025)

Mginah v Health And Care Professions Council [2025] EWHC 3300 (Admin) (17 December 2025)

Morris Homes Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary Of State For Housing, Communities And Local Government [2025] EWHC 3236 (Admin) (17 December 2025)

Whittaker, R (On the Application Of) v The Parole Board For England And Wales [2025] EWHC 3242 (Admin) (15 December 2025)

FD, R. (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3291 (Admin) (15 December 2025)

AH, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3269 (Admin) (15 December 2025)

Lewis, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Southwark [2025] EWHC 3271 (Admin) (12 December 2025)

Glenbrook Industrial Ltd, R (on the application of) v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council [2025] EWHC 3301 (Admin) (12 December 2025)

High Court (Commercial Court)

V Ships Limited v [2025] EWHC 3329 (Comm) (17 December 2025)

Borrelli & Ors v Otaibi & Ors [2025] EWHC 3263 (Comm) (15 December 2025)

Seacrest Group Ltd v BCPR Pte Ltd Bangchak Corporation Public Company Ltd (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 3266 (Comm) (15 December 2025)

High Court (Family Division)

FZ v MZ [2025] EWHC 3338 (Fam) (18 December 2025)

Bradford Children And Families Trust v Doncaster And Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2025] EWHC 3311 (Fam) (17 December 2025)

HF, KF and LF (Children) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWHC 3306 (Fam) (17 December 2025)

LM (A Child) (Interim Welfare Arrangements) [2025] EWHC 3243 (Fam) (10 December 2025)

VW (Looked After Child: SMT: Need for Application), Re [2025] EWHC 3298 (Fam) (10 December 2025)

TS v AS & Ors [2025] EWHC 3169 (Fam) (05 December 2025)

High Court (Patents Court)

Acer Incorporated & Ors v Nokia Technologies OY [2025] EWHC 3331 (Pat) (18 December 2025)

High Court (King’s Bench Division)

Tates (Agents) Ltd & Anor v Nicholas & Anor [2025] EWHC 3318 (KB) (17 December 2025)

Ranaie v Warland [2025] EWHC 3320 (KB) (17 December 2025)

Aston v United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy [2025] EWHC 3288 (KB) (17 December 2025)

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea v Beko Poland Manufacturing Sp z o.o & Ors [2025] EWHC 3275 (KB) (11 December 2025)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Vivid Housing Ltd v Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE [2025] EWHC 3315 (TCC) (18 December 2025)

Project One London Ltd v VMA Services Ltd [2025] EWHC 3304 (TCC) (18 December 2025)

Source: www.bailii.org

‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act – The Guardian

Posted December 18th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering.’

The Guardian, 18th December 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Police turned me from victim to offender’ – BBC News

Posted December 18th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The son of a former police officer was “misled” by a force into accepting a community resolution for violence he did not admit to, an investigation has found.’

BBC News, 18th December 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia – The Guardian

Posted December 18th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Appeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rejecting an appeal on Tuesday by the commissioner for the territory.’

The Guardian, 16th December 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Paddy Power Betfair to pay £2m over problem gambling failings – BBC News

Posted December 18th, 2025 in news by sally

Paddy Power Betfair has agreed to pay £2m for failing to step in quickly enough when customers appeared to be problem gambling.

BBC News, 17th December 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Opt-out class action first for businesses as car delivery case settles – Legal Futures

Posted December 18th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Businesses are to benefit from an opt-out class action for the first time after the last two defendants in the car delivery charges case settled for £54m.’

Legal Futures, 18th December 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

UK spying laws could result in overreach and real harm, says review – The Guardian

Posted December 18th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Espionage offences in the UK’s new National Security Act are so broadly defined that they “will result in cases of real harm” with people wrongly investigated, according to the first review of state threats legislation.’

The Guardian, 16th December 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

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