What does the Cabinet Office’s judicial review challenge to the Covid-19 Inquiry entail, and where is it going?
Tuesday 6 Jun 2023
…timetable for the inquiry and seeks an expedited “rolled up” hearing in the Divisional Court with additional submissions on the protection of unredacted copies in open court. As yet, no…
Local Authority offers suitable accommodation for family following judicial review proceedings
Monday 13 Oct 2025
…9 October 2025. The Defendant Local Authority had applied to vary the timing for compliance with the interim order, but has not sought to stay its enforcement. The Claimant, TT…
Update: Cabinet Office Loses Judicial Review and has to disclose WhatsApp messages and other documents to Covid Inquiry by Monday 10 July
Friday 7 Jul 2023
Although permission for judicial review was granted in a rolled up hearing, the Cabinet Office’s claim for judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s issue of a notice for disclosure to the…
High court give permission for judicial review of Home Office’s failure to provide asylum seeker with adequate accommodation
Monday 24 May 2021
In R(MK) v Secretary of State for Home Department HHJ Allan Gore QC sitting as a High Court judge granted the Claimant permission to judicially review the Secretary of State’s failure…
High Court orders expedited “rolled up” hearing for failure of Home Office to disperse vulnerable Asylum seeker to accommodation in Bristol
Monday 24 May 2021
In R(AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department HHJ Cotter QC sitting as a High Court judge expedited the judicial review hearing for 4 June 2021 of the…
Court of Appeal allows appeal against deportation order approved by Upper Tribunal on grounds of identifying procedural unfairness in decision making and findings of fact
Friday 10 Jul 2020
This important case concerned the lawfulness of a deportation order made in respect of an individual married to an EEA national in which the Home Office alleged A was the head…
Social Welfare Update: How the Coronavirus Act affects migrants entitled to adult social care
Thursday 23 Apr 2020
Section 15 and Schedule 12 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 may affect adult migrants with care and support needs and migrant children leaving care. It gives local authorities the option…
Social Welfare Update: Court of Appeal held NICE was right to use the Highly Specialised Drug procedure to appraise a new drug for treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU)
Thursday 17 Dec 2020
The facts The appellant, an 11-year-old girl, appealed an earlier Administrative Court decision that NICE had not erred in its choice of assessment method when deciding whether to recommend that…
Social Welfare Update: Inherent jurisdiction in relation to vulnerable adults – Guidance on urgent applications
Thursday 17 Dec 2020
The facts The appellant appealed an order made under the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction in respect of vulnerable adults which had authorised the deprivation of his liberty by moving him…
Social Welfare Update: Advance payments for NHS Treatment and Foreign Nationals – guidance changes
Thursday 17 Dec 2020
The facts The appellant, an overseas visitor, appealed the dismissal of his claim for judicial review of provisions relating to advance payment and the recording of information in the NHS…








