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AA v Waltham Forest: Court of Appeal draws firm line between Part 6 and Part 7 housing duties

Steps to allocate social housing cannot be incorporated into a homeless applicant's personal plan, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Summerson and Brown convictions upheld despite missing mens rea direction in Palestine Action affray case

Court of Appeal confirms affray convictions safe where jury's factual findings make intent inevitable

Amin v Manchester Airport Group: EAT upholds strike-out after deposit order non-payment

Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms no error of law in refusal of relief from sanctions and dismisses bias allegations against tribunal judge

Jennings v Appleby: Lloyd Trust judgement confirms administrative unworkability assessed at creation, not over time

A High Court ruling on a century-old employee welfare trust with over a million potential beneficiaries

Timokhin v Timokhina: High Court refuses stay and awards indemnity costs following Russian judgement enforcement ruling

A former wife's bid to delay enforcement of a £417,000 debt has been dismissed in its entirety, with the court awarding indemnity costs and Part...

Ismailov v Secretary of State: High Court upholds sanctions designation based on family association with Usmanov

The Administrative Court dismisses all seven grounds of challenge to Russia sanctions maintained against the nephew of oligarch Alisher Usmanov.

Lodhia v Twelve Trees: High Court orders costs against claimant who discontinued defamation claim amid document authenticity concerns

A leaseholder who sued his estate's management company for defamation has been ordered to pay substantial costs after discontinuing his claim, with the court also...

Dacorum Borough Council v Persons Unknown: High Court upholds Green Belt injunction against Gypsy and Traveller site

High Court continues interim planning injunction after finding occupants moved onto land in flagrant breach of an existing court order.