The High Court of Justice has today handed down judgment dismissing claims against the Home and Levelling Up Secretaries by our client Gabriel Clarke-Holland, and by Braintree District Council and West Lindsey District Council, that challenged plans to set up asylum accommodation centres to house...
The Supreme Court found in favour of our client Ms Imam in her challenge against London Borough of Croydon today. The Housing Act imposes a duty to make available suitable accommodation to certain classes of homeless applicants – including families with children. Croydon LBC provided Ms...
The High Court has ruled that it will consider, for the first time, whether universities owe a legal duty not to damage the mental health of their students. In a separate development, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has been granted permission to intervene in...
Two local councils and local resident Gabriel Clarke-Holland are in the High Court today arguing that the Home Office’s plan to use former military bases to house asylum-seekers is unlawful. But just before the hearing, our client discovered that the Home Secretary has a secret...
The High Court is today (27 October 2023) sitting for an unusual fourth hearing in just over two weeks in a judicial review brought by 2 Afghan families who have received offers of protection from the UK government under its Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy...
The High Court is today (17 October 2023) hearing a judicial review brought by 2 Afghan families who have received offers of protection from the UK government under its Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy ("ARAP") scheme, but who have been housed in hotels in Pakistan...
Our client, Carralyn Parkes, has issued a further judicial review claim in the High Court challenging the ongoing decision by Dorset Council that it has no planning jurisdiction over the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland Harbour. Our client is seeking a determination by the Court...
On 6 October 2023 the High Court declared that the Home Office can remove the NRPF condition from leave to remain that has been granted other than on the family route (e.g. student visas) Earlier this year the Home Office refused to consider lifting the ‘No...