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O'Sullivan v Trading 212: County court delivers stark warning on proportionality as claimant ordered to pay £96,350 in costs

A share trading dispute worth approximately £5,000 has generated over half a million pounds in combined legal costs, prompting a rare and pointed judicial rebuke.

Association of Independent Meat Suppliers v Food Standards Agency: High Court quashes slaughterhouse inspection charges

FSA charging methodology unlawful on multiple grounds, Mrs Justice Dias rules

Tanner Courrier v HKA Global: English court upholds service out despite Delaware disclosure failure

Non-disclosure of a Delaware interim injunction ruling was material but not fatal, the High Court has held, with costs the appropriate sanction.

Rosina Davis v SSHD: High Court rules on lawfulness of Heathrow airport detention

Border Force stop marker policy found lawful, but SSHD in breach of own corrective mechanism and public sector equality duty

Gould v Devon County Council: Court of Appeal rejects Care Act challenge to mental health drop-in closures

Care Act target duties were not mandatory relevant considerations for a decision to close non-statutory mental health drop-in services, the Court of Appeal has held.

Huang Binbin v Vale of White Horse: High Court upholds decision not to enforce against former coal yard site

A planning authority's decision not to pursue enforcement action against a mixed-use industrial site was lawful, the Planning Court has ruled.

Seneschall v Propiteer: High Court draws sharp limits on article 13 pre-emption rights

A charging order does not trigger compulsory transfer provisions, rules the Insolvency and Companies Court, but questions over a 56% shareholding remain live.

Supreme Court overrules Cheshire West in landmark deprivation of liberty ruling

A decade-old test for deprivation of liberty has been dismantled, with far-reaching consequences across health and social care law in all four nations.