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Striking a fair balance is more important than legal categorisation
R (on the application of Mott) v Environment Agency [2018] UKSC 10 Key Points There is not a clear-cut, or crucial, distinction between …
Court of Appeal emphasises limits of secondary legislation in quashing regulator's decision
In EE Ltd v Office of Communications [2017] EWCA Civ 1873, the Court of Appeal quashed Ofcom's decision to increase licence fees, and found …
Exceptional circumstances required to interfere with statutory appeal process
In Glencore Energy UK Limited v Revenue & Customs Commissioners [2017] EWCA Civ 1716, the Court of Appeal has emphasised that it is …
High Court comments on Government amendments to costs-capping regime in environmental disputes
In R (on the application of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Others) v Secretary of State and others [2017] EWHC 2309 (Admin) NGOs …
Statutory licence or contract
In R (Dean) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2017] EWHC 1998 (Admin) (Holgate J) the Administrative Court had to …
Contextual interpretation of statute leads to quashing of regulator's decision
In R (on the application of UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd) v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority[2017] EWHC 1175 (Admin), the Claimant, UK …
When a domestic court can depart from a CJEU judgment
In R (Newby Foods Limited) v the Food Standards Agency [2017] EWCA Civ 400 the Court of Appeal was tasked with considering the circumstances …
Court of Appeal reconsiders the duty to provide reasons
In the decision of Karen Louise Oakley v South Cambridgeshire District Council [2017] EWCA Civ 471, the Court of Appeal re-examined the …
Human Rights Act 1998 - General Election Update
Following the announcement of the UK general election, the status of the Human Rights Act 1998 (the "Act") has again come into focus. The …
No need for decision-maker to specify every last detail of evidence considered
In Global Gaming Ventures (Southampton) Limited v (1) Southampton City Council (2) Aspers Universal Limited (Interested Party) [2017] EWHC 165 …
Changes to environmental claims costs rules allowing judges to vary costs limits
On 28 February 2017, changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (the "CPR") relating to environmental, or Aarhus Convention ("Convention") claims came …
No jurisdiction for judicial review of Heathrow third runway decision until government publishes final policy statement
In London Borough of Hillingdon v Secretary of State for Transport [2017] EWHC 121 (Admin), the Administrative Court (Cranston J) struck out a …
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