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26 September 2024
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) is this week considering a landmark class action brought against six of England’s largest water companies. The case will have implications for Ofwat, water companies and customers alike. Our regulatory and competition experts consider what we know so far and what lies ahead for the parties and billpayers. Case Overview…
Read more20 September 2024
The Administrative Court Guide (“Guide“) provides detailed guidance on judicial review proceedings in the Administrative Court, summarising relevant case law, the Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR“), and supporting practice directions. Whilst the Guide does not have legal force, it is “required reading” for all involved in judicial review proceedings. The Guide is now in its ninth…
Read more15 March 2024
We have written previously on the string of recent cases confirming that in judicial review litigation the duty of candour ordinarily requires the names of junior civil servants to be disclosed in unredacted form when providing disclosure. In a recent decision – MTA v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Ors [2024] EWHC…
Read more6 February 2024
Court of Appeal confirms approach to redactions of names of junior civil servants In a unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s appeal of a High Court judgment which proscribed the government’s practice of routinely redacting the names of junior civil servants when supplying disclosure in judicial review proceedings. R (IAB and…
Read more10 January 2024
In a recent blog (please see here), we examined a judgment of the Administrative Court regarding the approach – in the context of judicial review litigation – to redactions of the identities of officials in disclosed documents. As noted in that blog, the Court, in an authoritative judgment, made clear its view that, in general,…
Read more22 November 2023
To redact or not redact, that is the question. R (IAB & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2023] EWHC 2930 (Admin) In R (oao IAB & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2023] EWHC 2930 (Admin) (“IAB”), Mr Justice Swift reconfirmed the approach –…
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The Administrative Court Guide (the “Guide”) is an important resource for judicial review practitioners. Whilst the Guide does not have the force of law, it is “essential reading for all those who practice in the Administrative Court” (R (DVP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 606 (Admin) [8]). Accordingly, all those…
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