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Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police v Nugent: how a law not yet in force derailed a wrongful arrest finding

An arrest found unlawful at trial was overturned on appeal because a key alternative remedy simply did not exist yet.

Re Greenbank Technology: when a support worker witnesses a solvency declaration, a stay is the best you can get

A defective statutory declaration cannot be waived where no qualified witness was present, even in a clearly solvent winding-up.

O'Boyle v Wallis: the limits of personal liability for a representative's costs

A bankrupt estate representative had standing to appeal, and family-funded legal fees did not breach the indemnity principle.

Stephens v HSE: when good reasons are not good enough to extend appeal time

Ill health, caring responsibilities and litigant-in-person status all failed to justify late appeals in a discrimination case.

Jeffcoat v Hudson Business Centres: why tribunals must read disability discrimination claims with care

Eight years in, a claimant's disability discrimination case is finally moving forward, because the Employment Appeal Tribunal did what the Employment Tribunal did not.

Court of Appeal overturns Palestine Action proscription ruling in Home Secretary v Ammori

Court of Appeal restores Palestine Action's proscription, recalibrating deference owed to the Home Secretary on national security.

Mirza v Lewin: High Court limits scope of stay pending late appeal bid

A £1.3m costs order stands, but the court grants a narrow window for an appeal on procedural fairness grounds.

XX v YY: EAT rules duress cannot be ignored when assessing gross misconduct

A teacher dismissed over a message sent under duress wins on wrongful dismissal as the EAT revisits repudiatory breach.