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28 March 2025: R (Blue Marine Foundation) v Welsh Ministers [2025] EWHC 734 (Admin)

Unsuccessful challenge to adoption of policy relating to British fishing boat entitlements; defendant took into account relevant considerations and did not behave irrationally

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Blue Marine Foundation, R (On the Application Of) v Welsh Ministers & Ors [2025] EWHC 734 (Admin) (28 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
26 March 2025: R (Neophytou) v Governor of HMP Berwyn [2025] EWCA Civ 348

Claimant was wrong not to submit defendant's application for compassionate release to Public Protection Casework Section of Ministry of Justice

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Neophytou, R (On the Application Of) v Governor of HMP Berwyn & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 348 (26 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
26 March 2025: R (The Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2025] UKSC 11

Unsuccessful challenge to the manner in which a local authority's decision-making structures operate in relation to an application for planning permission

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The Spitalfields Historic Building Trust, R. (on the application of) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets & Anor [2025] UKSC 11 (26 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
25 March 2025: R (Murcott) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 706 (Admin)

In challenge against decisions to retain claimant prisoner's Category A status, and to deny him an oral hearing, claimant is partially successful but relief partially refused

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Murcott, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 706 (Admin) (25 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
21 March 2025: R (Owen) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 590 (Admin)

It was procedurally unfair to deny claimant an oral hearing in context of parole review

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Owen, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 590 (Admin) (21 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
21 March 2025: R (Yaxley-Lennon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 695 (Admin)

Claimant's treatment in prison did not amount to solitary confinement and was compatible with Articles 3, 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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Yaxley-Lennon, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 695 (Admin) (21 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
20 March 2025: R (Leger) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin)

Making and publicising a misconduct finding against the claimant was a proportionate interference with claimant's ECHR rights

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Leger, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin) (20 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
19 March 2025: R (TPL1) v Secretary of State for Defence [2025] EWHC 609 (Admin)

Secretary of State could withhold certain information in challenge to operation of so-called "Triples Review", where the Secretary of State is reconsidering cases refused under the ARAP

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TPL1, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2025] EWHC 609 (Admin) (19 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
17 March 2025: R (Newton) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 631 (Admin)

Failure to provide oral hearing after prison recall quashed for being procedurally unfair

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Newton, R (On the Application Of) v Parole Board for England And Wales (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 631 (Admin) (17 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
14 March 2025: TG v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin)

Partially successful challenge to migrant detention at former RAF base; breaches of PSED found but court rejected multiple other claims in relation to systemic unlawfulness

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TG & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin) (14 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
11 March 2025: R (Quaye) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWCA Civ 226

Section 128 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 is not incompatible with Articles 5, 7 or 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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Quaye, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWCA Civ 226 (11 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
11 March 2025: R (Prestwick Care) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 184

The Secretary of State, when deciding whether to revoke a sponsorship licence, is under no duty to carry out an assessment of the impact on the sponsor or others

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Prestwick Care Ltd & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 184 (11 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
7 March 2025: R (Lee) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 519 (Admin)

Refusal of claimant's case based on a misunderstanding of the immigration rules as they stood in 1999

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Lee, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 519 (Admin) (07 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
7 March 2025: R (VRP) v Royal Borough of Kensington Upon Thames [2025] EWHC 504 (Admin)

The defendant local authority provided, contrary to the claimant's arguments, same-sex intimate care to service-users. Neither the Care Act 2014 nor the PSED was breached.

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VRP, R (On the Application Of) v The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames [2025] EWHC 504 (Admin) (07 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
6 March 2025: Re JR123 [2025] UKSC 8

Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 compatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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JR123, Re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2025] UKSC 8 (06 March 2025)
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March 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
5 March 2025: R (British Gas) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2025] EWCA Civ 209

Unsuccessful challenge to Secretary of State's approval of transfer of business from Bulb Energy to Octopus Energy

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British Gas Trading Ltd & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2025] EWCA Civ 209 (05 March 2025)
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March 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
4 March 2025: R (Tza) v A Secondary School [2025] EWCA Civ 200

Unsuccessful challenge to permanent exclusion of 15 year old boy from secondary school

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Tza, R (On the Application Of) v A Secondary School (Rev1) [2025] EWCA Civ 200 (04 March 2025)
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March 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
3 March 2025: R (AAM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 447 (Admin)

Secretary of State was wrong to find that there were no reasonable grounds to suspect that the claimant was a victim of trafficking

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AAM, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 447 (Admin) (03 March 2025)
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March 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
28 February 2025: R (GB News) v Office of Communications [2025] EWHC 460 (Admin)

Ofcom was wrong to find that a number of GB News broadcasts breached aspects of the relevant broadcasting code

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GB News Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v The Office of Communications (OFCOM) [2025] EWHC 460 (Admin) (28 February 2025)
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March 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
28 February 2025: Secretary of State for the Home Department v S [2025] EWCA Civ 118

The Secretary of State's discretionary leave policy was misinterpreted by the Upper Tribunal; its application does not breach Article 14 ECHR:

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v S [2025] EWCA Civ 188 (28 February 2025)
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March 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
27 February 2025: R (Keighley) v The Office Of Communications [2025] EWHC 416 (Admin)

Ofcom's understanding of "due impartiality" correct and its decisions in relation to the BBC were rational

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Keighley, R (On the Application Of) v The Office Of Communications [2025] EWHC 416 (Admin) (27 February 2025)
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March 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
25 February 2025: R (Castellucci) v Gender Recognition Panel [2025] EWCA Civ 167

Gender Recognition Certificates cannot recognise non-binary gender notwithstanding that this is recognised in a foreign jurisdiction; the law is compatible with Article 14 ECHR

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Castellucci, R (On the Application Of) v Gender Recognition Panel & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 167 (25 February 2025)
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February 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
21 February 2025: R (KP) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] EWHC 370 (Admin)

Decision not to grant immigration Leave Outside the Rules to Sri Lankan national based in Diego Garcia because of criminal record not irrational

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KP, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs & Anor [2025] EWHC 370 (Admin) (21 February 2025)
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February 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
19 February 2025: Re Mitchell [2025] CSOH 19

Exclusion of certain reports from Parole Board determination as to whether prisoner should be released was not procedurally unfair

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Petition of Luke Mitchell for Judicial Review (Court of Session) [2025] CSOH 19 (19 February 2025)
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February 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
18 February: R (AI) v West Berkshire Council [2025] EWCA Civ 136

The Upper Tribunal provided adequate reasons for accepting an age assessment made by the defendant in respect of the claimant

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AI, R (On the Application Of) v West Berkshire Council [2025] EWCA Civ 136 (18 February 2025)
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February 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM