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HFW strengthens aviation practice in Switzerland

HFW expands its aviation services in Geneva with new team led by expert Laurent Chassot

New solicitor joins Jurit LLP team

Caroline Williams is set to strengthen Jurit LLP’s international private client practice with her expertise

Purani Swami Dharmanandan Dasji v Bhudia & Ors: High Court approves charity scheme for Swaminarayan temple

A new constitution for a £10 million Hindu charity, contested governance, and the limits of a founder's authority.

Townsend v Epsom and St Helier: NHS trusts cannot unilaterally withhold life-sustaining treatment on clinical grounds

Court of Appeal holds that all treatment decisions for incapacitated adults require a best interests analysis — there is no clinical carve-out.

Attorney General v Messi: EAT grants indefinite restriction of proceedings order against serial employment claimant

EAT imposes indefinite bar on claimant with over 50 unsuccessful employment tribunal claims since 2017.

BY v GC: costs orders, litigation conduct and the limits of r28.3

Knowingly false Form E disclosure warrants a costs penalty even where an SJE was already agreed.

Wiltshire Council v Secretary of State: fire damage cannot invalidate a lawful planning decision

A fire destroying a listed hangar eight days after a planning inspector's decision does not retrospectively render that decision unlawful.

CHK v Secretary of State for the Home Department: habeas corpus, immigration bail and the limits of liberty

Court of Appeal confirms that immigration bail conditions alone cannot ground a habeas corpus application.