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Colchester Institute Corporation wins Court of Appeal VAT funding battle against HMRC

HMRC v Colchester Institute Corporation [2026] EWCA Civ 363 — government agency funding constitutes VAT consideration for education supplies.

R v CGA & Anor: convictions quashed after jury returns inexplicable joint enterprise verdicts

Convictions quashed where jury found both parents guilty of identical injuries with no joint enterprise case.

Davies v Lettington: Court of Appeal clarifies legal aid rights in civil committal proceedings

A county court judge's refusal to adjourn a committal hearing is overturned after he wrongly believed means-testing applied to legal aid.

TWH Legal Services v Niazi: High Court rules on defamatory online solicitor reviews

A former probate executive's one-star reviews of a solicitor were found defamatory at common law, but primarily of the individual — not the firm.

Court of Appeal dismisses Rana Kabbani Seale's contempt conviction challenge

Court upholds six-month suspended sentence for persistent breach of court communication order.

Car-Wizard v Vixen Surface Treatments: misrepresentation, collateral contracts and a second-hand lathe sold as new

A car wheel repair business succeeds in claims for breach of collateral contract and negligent misrepresentation after acquiring a defective diamond-cutting lathe via hire purchase.

HMRC v Boehringer Ingelheim: Upper Tribunal rejects pharmaceutical VAT rebate claims

Payments under voluntary pricing schemes do not reduce taxable amount of medicine supplies.

Barbican Quarter Organisation Limited v City of London Corporation: EIA functional separation and demolition avoidance policy

High Court dismisses judicial review of London Wall West planning permission despite finding a breach of reg. 64(2) of the EIA Regulations 2017.