Heathrow protesters win challenge – BBC News
“Campaigners have won a High Court battle for further consultation into plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.”
BBC News, 26th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: judicial review
Mayor threatens Tube legal action over £4.4bn ruling – BBC News
“Mayor of London Boris Johnson is considering legal action after it was ruled Underground maintenance firm Tube Lines’ costs should be £4.46bn.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal challenge over Yarl’s Wood women – The Guardian
“Lawyers are due to launch a legal challenge today on behalf of four women held at Yarl’s Wood detention centre, claiming their incarceration amounts to ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’ treatment that breaches their human rights.”
The Guardian, 1st March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Heathrow third runway plans face legal challenge – BBC News
“Environmental groups, local councils and residents opposed to a third runway at Heathrow are beginning a legal challenge to the government’s plans.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bar Council launches Judicial Review of Government’s Consultations on Criminal Legal Aid – The Bar Council
“In accordance with the Pre-Action Protocol for Judicial Review Claims, solicitors acting for the Bar Council have today written to the Legal Aid Minister, Lord Bach and to the Chairman of the Legal Services Commission, Sir Bill Callaghan in order to advance proceedings for judicial review of the Government’s consultations on criminal legal aid. ”
The Bar Council, 10th February 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Bar Council to launch legal action against MoJ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association are set to take the government to court for the first time in 20 years over what they claim are ‘inadequate and unfair’ consultations on new fees for criminal legal aid work.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bar Council Moves Toward Judicial Review of Government’s Consultations on Criminal Legal Aid – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council has taken the first step toward a judicial review (JR) of two consultations on Advocates Graduated Fees and Very High Cost Cases (VHCCs) which are being conducted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) respectively. The Bar Council has instructed solicitors to write to the MoJ and the LSC, in accordance with the pre-action protocol for judicial review claims. The principal basis for the Bar Council’s claim is that the consultation exercise is inadequate and unfair.”
The Bar Council, 5th February 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Treasury faces legal bid over RBS handout – BBC News
“Environment and human rights campaigners are suing the Treasury over its injection of capital into the Royal Bank of Scotland last year.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (Savage) v Hillingdon London Borough Council – WLR Daily
R (Savage) v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2009] EWHC 88 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 15
“In the discharge of its duty to provide advice and assistance to an intentionally homeless claimant, the local authority had to apply its policy flexibly and take into account the claimant’s own particular circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2010
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.
R (Huitson) v HM Revenue and Customs – WLR Daily
R (Huitson) v HM Revenue and Customs [2010] EWHC 97 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 11
“It was within the permissible area of discretionary judgment of Parliament, and compatible with art 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, to legislate with retrospective effect to prevent taxpayers from seeking to use, by wholly artificial arrangements, a Double Tax Arrangement such as existed between the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man for a purpose for which it was not intended, so as to defeat the public policy that such an arrangement should do no more than relieve from double taxation.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2010
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.
Jon Gaunt wins right to free speech challenge against media regulator – The Guardian
“The radio presenter Jon Gaunt won his battle today to take the media regulator Ofcom to a judicial review over a live interview in which he called a councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law Society files judicial review application over defendants’ costs cap – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society has filed a judicial review application in a move to overturn new government regulations restricting the costs that can be recovered by acquitted defendants.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th January 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Council launches legal bid to abolish sheltered housing wardens – Daily Telegraph
“Council officials are attempting to force through plans to abolish round-the-clock wardens in housing for vulnerable elderly people despite the worst winter in decades.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Changes to UK Border Agency policy on judicial reviews – UK Border Agency
“The UK Border Agency is changing the way it manages judicial review challenges from those being removed from the UK.”
UK Border Agency, 18th December 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Law Society seeks judicial review over costs capping – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society is set to seek a judicial review of the government’s move to drastically reduce the legal costs that defendants can reclaim if they are acquitted of a criminal offence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Law Society to launch legal challenge on legal aid – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society is set to launch a judicial review of the government’s move to drastically reduce the legal costs that defendants can reclaim if they are acquitted of a criminal offence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Migrant marriage teenagers lose High Court battle – BBC News
“A couple have lost a High Court battle against a government immigration policy aimed at combating forced marriages.”
BBC News, 7th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Friendly fire’ court case halted – BBC News
“Lawyers for a widow whose husband was killed in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in Iraq have halted a legal challenge against the Ministry of Defence (MoD).”
BBC News, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legality of Tory ‘easyCouncil’ experiment to be tested in high court – The Guardian
“The legality of a Conservative experiment in ‘no-frills’ local government will be challenged in the high court today by more than 250 sheltered housing residents who are furious at their council’s decision to remove live-in wardens to cut costs.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Drivers win taxi age court fight – BBC News
“A judge has ruled in the favour of taxi drivers in Newport, who challenged a council decision to impose age limits on vehicles.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
