Administrative Court – Page 3

Grayling’s proposals for environmental and planning judicial review – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 10th, 2014 in Administrative Court, bills, consultations, costs, courts, environmental protection, judicial review, news, planning by tracey

‘At first sight, proposals full of sound and fury, and signifying not a great deal for planning and environmental challenges. There are some slippery costs changes which we need to look at, but some of the potentially more concerning proposals do not fully apply to this area, as I shall explain. There are also some perfectly sensible proposals about harmonising planning challenges which lawyers have been advocating for years.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 9th February 2014

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Can a solicitor be personally liable to pay costs? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted February 3rd, 2014 in Administrative Court, appeals, costs, fraud, news, solicitors, witnesses by tracey

‘The possibility that a firm of litigation solicitors, despite acting properly for a client in advancing their interests, could nonetheless end up being held liable to pay a huge costs order, is unsurprisingly something that would sound alarm bells across the profession. This is a possibility that was raised in DLA Piper UK LLP v BDO LLP (the major firm of City solicitors versus a major firm of accountants).’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 31st January 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

BNP activist Adam Walker challenges lifetime teaching ban – BBC News

Posted January 13th, 2014 in Administrative Court, dangerous driving, disciplinary procedures, news, proportionality, teachers, threatening behaviour by tracey

‘A British National Party (BNP) activist has taken Education Secretary Michael Gove’s office to court in a bid to overturn a lifetime teaching ban.’

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BBC New, 10th January 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

What use is a Zambrano right of residence? – NearlyLegal

Posted December 11th, 2013 in Administrative Court, appeals, benefits, children, EC law, housing, immigration, news by sally

‘A couple of years ago a lot of lawyers practising in housing, immigration and welfare benefits got very excited by the case of Ruiz Zambrano (European citizenship) [2011] EUECJ C-34/09. The reason for this excitement was that the ECJ said that art.20, of the Treaty, required member states to grant a right of residence to a third country national, who was the primary carer of an EU national, if a refusal to would result in the EU national being forced to leave the EU..More excitingly, this applied to EU nationals who had not left their member state, i.e. it would apply to the parents of British nationals.’

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NearlyLegal, 9th December 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

W v Neath Port Talbot – Courts, Local Authorities and a Mexican Stand-off – Family Law Week

Posted November 18th, 2013 in Administrative Court, appeals, care orders, children, contact orders, judicial review, local government, news, parental responsibility by sally

“Andrew Pack, care lawyer with Brighton and Hove City Council, considers the options for local authorities in the wake of the Court of Appeal’s landmark judgment in W (A Child) v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1227.”

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Family Law Week, 17th November 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Extradition: why the government is wrong to remove the automatic right to appeal – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted November 18th, 2013 in Administrative Court, appeals, bills, extradition, human rights, legal aid, legal representation, news, proportionality, time limits, warrants by sally

“The government has come under fire from extradition and human rights practitioners for seeking to remove the automatic right of appeal in extradition cases.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th November 2013

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

More on JR and Costs – NearlyLegal

Posted November 15th, 2013 in Administrative Court, consent orders, costs, judicial review, news by tracey

“We have been blogging lately about costs in settled JRs and S.204 appeals and we can now report that the Admin Court Office has published guidance on costs following settlement of JR claims. The guidance applies to all consent orders submitted to the Admin Court after 20/11/13. Below is a summary of the main points within the new guidance.”

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NearlyLegal, 14th November 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/

Needs, wants and principles – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 28th, 2013 in Administrative Court, environmental protection, local government, news, planning, public interest by sally

“The High Court recently offered a useful starter pack in both planning and administrative law.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 28th October 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

High Court dismisses challenge to PCO in Richard III burial case – Litigation Futures

Posted October 21st, 2013 in Administrative Court, appeals, burials and cremation, costs, judicial review, news, protective costs orders, public interest, royal family by sally

“The High Court has comprehensively rejected the government’s bid to overturn the grant of a protective costs order (PCO) in favour of campaigners for the reburial of King Richard III in York.”

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Litigation Futures, 18th October 2013

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

BSB statement on Leathley, Mehey, Hayes v Visitors to the Inns of Court – Bar Standards Board

Posted October 16th, 2013 in Administrative Court, barristers, inns of court, judicial review, news, reports by sally

“A Bar Standards Board spokesperson said:

‘The administrative court has today handed down judgment in Leathley, Mehey, Hayes v Visitors to the Inns of Court: three judicial review applications which raised issues arising from the various anomalies revealed in 2011 in relation to the Council of the Inns of Courts’ panel member appointment processes. We are pleased that the court found all but two of the specific challenges made by the Claimants to be totally without merit and refused the applications on the two issues it considered were arguable. The judgment confirms the Bar Standard’s Board’s original view: that most of the historic anomalies, while a matter of great concern to us, did not affect the validity of the findings made in the cases that were potentially affected.'”

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Bar Standards Board, 16th October 2013

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Bingham Centre launches independent review of Administrative Court – Litigation Futures

Posted October 3rd, 2013 in Administrative Court, judicial review, legal aid, news by sally

“The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has launched its own review of how to improve the conduct of judicial review cases in light of the government’s own proposals.”

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Litigation Futures, 2nd October 2013

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Administrative Court takes asylum cases out to the regions – The Times

Posted April 9th, 2009 in Administrative Court, news by sally

“London is the legal capital and many big disputes can only be heard in its courts. But from this month hundreds of immigration and asylum cases and challenges to decisions by government or public bodies will be devolved to the regions as four Administrative Court centres open in Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester.”

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The Times, 9th April 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Practice Direction (Administrative Court: Uncontested proceedings) – Times Law Reports

Posted July 17th, 2008 in Administrative Court, law reports, practice directions by sally

Practice Direction (Administrative Court: Uncontested proceedings)

Queen’s Bench Division

“Uncontested applications in the Administrative Court would be dealt with under a procedure which replaced that set out in Practice Direction (Crown Office List: Consent orders) ( The Times May 14, 1997; [1997] 1 WLR 825), Mr Justice Collins stated in the Queen’s Bench Division on June 3, 2008.”

The Times, 17th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Practice Direction (Administrative Court: Uncontested Proceedings) – WLR Daily

Posted June 5th, 2008 in Administrative Court, law reports, practice directions by sally

Practice Direction (Administrative Court: Uncontested Proceedings); [2008] WLR(D) 178

“Guidance as to the procedure to be followed where proceedings in the Administrative Court were uncontested.”

WLR Daily, 4th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Davey v Aylesbury Vale District Council – WLR Daily

Posted November 19th, 2007 in Administrative Court, costs, judicial review by sally

Davey v Aylesbury Vale District Council [2007] EWCA Civ 1166

“The Court of Appeal gave guidance as to the recoverability of pre-permission costs by a successful defendant following dismissal of the substantive judicial review claim.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Justice Outside London – Administrative Courts in Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds? – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted November 14th, 2007 in Administrative Court, press releases by sally

“A Judicial Working Group, looking at the administration of justice outside of London, has recommended that four regional centres of the Administrative Court be established: in Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. This will allow regional High Court sittings to take place regularly outside London.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales press release, 14th November 2007

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk