The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that courts have the power to grant injunctions against “newcomers”, that is, persons who at the time of the grant of the injunction are unknown and are unidentifiable, and who have not yet performed, or even threatened to preform, the acts which the injunction prohibits. The injunction may be granted on an interim
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 – in the context
The basic relevant points under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR”) are that;
Under PCR Regulation 18, Contracting Authorities owe duties to Economic Operators;
In summary PCR Regulation 2 defines Economic Operators as any person etc which offers the execution of works or the provision of services
On 5 September 2023 Birmingham City Council – “Birmingham” – issued a Section 114 Notice under the Local Government Act 1988 (the Act). The decision to issue that notice was prompted by an anticipated budgetary deficit of around £87m between income and expenditure for the 2023/24 financial year and a recognition that Birmingham could not balance its budget in the
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 engaged in
Unlike in most civil claims, the parties in judicial review proceedings are usually not required to give standard disclosure, unless the court orders otherwise. However, judicial review proceedings are different. In judicial review litigation, parties are subject to a ‘duty of candour’ which requires them to co-operate and make candid disclosure of the relevant facts and (so far as they
