Court Report

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Gambrah v Director of HMP Thameside: six-day unlawful detention highlights systemic failures at private prison

High Court condemns Serco's repeated failure to release prisoner lawfully entitled to immediate discharge

BHO v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: NHS charges, late EUSS applications and the limits of the Withdrawal Agreement

High Court rules NHS charges on late EU Settlement Scheme applicants are lawful under the Withdrawal Agreement

Ping Fai Yuen v Fun Yung Li: Bitcoin theft, conversion and the limits of tort law

A High Court judgement clarifies the boundaries of conversion and trespass to goods in the context of misappropriated Bitcoin worth up to £180 million.

Sawicki v Circuit Law Court in Swidnica: remand credit, multiple warrants and the limits of article 8 in extradition

When time served on remand in the UK exceeds individual Polish sentence terms, separate warrants must fall.

Mina Dich v Secretary of State for the Home Department: High Court dismisses judicial review of interim removal and detention decisions

The High Court has upheld certification decisions ordering interim removal of a French national convicted of terrorism-related offences, dismissing all grounds of challenge.

McKavney v Serco: when a TUPE transfer does not trigger early pension payment

A deferred pension member's redundancy by a non-scheme employer does not entitle him to immediate payment from his former scheme.

Pompe and Mandarin v Secretary of State: High Court refuses permission in Chagos sovereignty challenge

High Court dismisses Chagossian claimants' judicial review of UK-Mauritius sovereignty treaty.

O'Herlihy v Taylor: court refuses late inheritance act claim after four-year delay

High Court denies permission to bring 1975 Act claim nearly five years out of time.