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CHD v Secretary of State for Defence: High Court quashes Afghan relocation refusal over error of fact

Rule of law was always a UK national security objective — the government conceded it.

UAB Business Enterprise v Oneta Limited: court finds settlement agreement genuine despite expert fraud concerns

A High Court judge rejects forensic document evidence in favour of factual witness testimony, restoring a Lithuanian builder's ownership of a UK property company.

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.