Judgment hand down for the Palestine Action appeal will be live-streamed from the Court of Appeal on 15 June at 11am.

Judgment tomorrow in the Palestine Action proscription appeal is only on the issue of reporting restrictions, the judgment for the appeal hearing will be handed down at a later date to be confirmed.

My recap of the second and final day of the OPEN aspect of the Palestine Action appeal hearing.

Administrative Court Blog@admincourtblog.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Palestine Action proscription appeal: Day 2 administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/p...

My recap of yesterday’s Palestine Action appeal hearing, including questions and observations from the bench.

Administrative Court Blog@admincourtblog.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Palestine Action proscription appeal hearing: Day 1 administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/p...

The Court of Appeal hearing for the Home Secretary's appeal against the finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful has been listed for 28 April.

Divisional Court grants Home Secretary’s app for permission to appeal and suspends its quashing of proscription of Palestine Action pending determination of the appeal. Claimant’s app for permission to cross-appeal refused. The proscription Order remains in force. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hu...

High Court’s judgment finding the proscription of Palestine Action was an unjustified interference with rights to freedom of association and assembly under arts 10/11 ECHR, and inconsistent with the Home Secretary’s own policy. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.

Congratulations @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social, massively well-deserved!

Doughty Street Chambers@doughtystreet.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Doughty Street Chambers is immensely proud to announce that our leading immigration junior, Alasdair Mackenzie, has been appointed King’s Counsel following his success in the 2025 competition. Read more: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/alasdai...

A highly sceptical Court of Appeal decision on the origins and consequences of the principle of jury equity and Saini J's decision in the Trudi Warner case. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/20...

The High Court has set aside the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal’s determination against Ashley Hurst, relating to correspondence sent to Dan Needle for Nadhim Zahawi, for insufficient analysis/reasoning, legal misdirection, and unfairness. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...

Lord Reed has announced his intention to retire from the Supreme Court on 10 January 2027. www.supremecourt.uk/news/lord-re...

Lord Reed announces his retirement from the UK Supreme Court - UK Supreme Court

Lord Reed of Allermuir to retire from the UK Supreme Court

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The IPT has dismissed complaints made by two Guantanamo Bay detainees alleging public law illegality by UK security agencies in their ill-treatment by the US: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u... The substantive findings/reasons for dismissing all substantive grounds are contained in a CLOSED judgment.

Lord Sales, "The UK Supreme Court’s approach to customary international law" (Presentation to ECtHR Judges) supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...

Good post from @finishedloading.bsky.social. An assertion by a public authority of compliance with unincorporated international law can't per se incorporate that law so as to give rise to enforceable + interpretable obligations in domestic law. To do otherwise might turn the clock back to 1688.

UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · last yr.

Gabriel Tan: R (Al-Haq) v Business and Trade Secretary: A Death Knell for Common Law Domestic Footholds for Unincorporated Treaties? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/07/g...

There were back to back interim relief hearings (application + appeal) in the Palestine Action case yesterday. Here, @finishedloading.bsky.social breaks down the judgments of the EWHC and EWCA denying interim relief against proscription to Palestine Action.

Administrative Court Blog@admincourtblog.bsky.social · last yr.

High Court and Court of Appeal refuse interim relief in Palestine Action proscription challenge administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/05/h...

Two recent blogs from the @admincourtblog.bsky.social team on the VAT exemption case: Part I on Pepper v Hart by @anuragdeb.bsky.social is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a... Part II on the ECHR dimension by me is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/a...

ALR and others: the human rights dimension

This is the second in a three-part analysis of R (ALR and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer [2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin). In this post, I will look at the core human rights challenges in the judgme…

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I'm a fan of pepper in my food, but not Pepper in my case law* Here, I use the private schools VAT JR to explain why. *The slander of terrible jokes will not be tolerated.

Administrative Court Blog@admincourtblog.bsky.social · last yr.

ALR and others: parliamentary privilege and the haunting of Pepper administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...

CA has listed a hearing on 26 June for Liberty’s appeal against the HC’s refusal of permission to challenge the length of the EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation, 4 days before the consultation is to end. @samuelwillis.bsky.social and I blogged below on the HC’s reasons for refusing permission.

Administrative Court Blog@admincourtblog.bsky.social · last yr.

High Court refuses permission in Liberty’s challenge against EHRC Code of Practice consultation administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/h...

The AG is creating a new Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group, which "sits alongside proposed changes to the role of First Treasury Counsel, principally by relaxing the current requirement that the postholder undertakes work exclusively for government." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Apply to join the Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group

Applications to join the Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group are now open

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It was a pleasure to reflect candidly on the role (both good and bad) social media use played in my pupillage application journey! Anurag was one of the first legal SM contacts I interacted and then met with in person, so here’s a picture from our ALBA moot participation 3 years ago to reminisce!

Anurag Deb@anuragdeb.bsky.social · last yr.

The Times' interview of @finishedloading.bsky.social, rising star of the England and Wales Admin Law Bar, features a photo of his powerlifting prowess, so at least his future opponents will be warned 😂 Congrats Gabriel! www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

I am very pleased to have accepted an offer of traineeship at Matrix Chambers, commencing in October 2026. I can't wait to get started working on the cutting-edge legal issues raised across Chambers' immense expertise in a range of practice areas.

Court of Appeal will hand down judgment in SSHD’s appeal against High Court’s judgment upholding Liberty’s serious disruption regulations judicial review this Friday.

Singh LJ on D’s duty of candour in JR: “The Court should (in proper evidence, i.e. in a witness statement) be given a full, accurate and clear explanation of the decision-making process used by the public authority concerned and should not… assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...

The JCPC (Reed judgment) affirms that the duty of candour in JR applies at permission stage ([91]) and non-compliance with the duty ([93]) can be a factor in favour of granting permission. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukpc/2025/14

This is a nowadays rare example of the UKSC applying the principle of interpretation that "courts should seek to interpret domestic law in a way that is compatible with the United Kingdom’s international treaty obligations" to find in favour of a C's construction of statute (here, the BNA 1981).

Gabriel Tan@finishedloading.bsky.social · last yr.

UKSC allows Cs' appeals in N3/ZA, holding that, where the SSHD withdraws citizenship deprivation decisions, the decisions are to be treated as having no effect for determining one's citizenship status in the period from the date of the order until it is withdrawn. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

UKSC allows Cs' appeals in N3/ZA, holding that, where the SSHD withdraws citizenship deprivation decisions, the decisions are to be treated as having no effect for determining one's citizenship status in the period from the date of the order until it is withdrawn. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

N3 (AP) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) - UK Supreme Court

If the Secretary of State withdraws an order depriving a person of citizenship because they accept that the order has made the person stateless, does this mean that the original order is of no effect ...

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The contours of rationality administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/t...

The contours of rationality

Rationality review is a cornerstone of judicial review. Often referred to as a “backstop”, judicial review on grounds of rationality is probably the ground which public lawyers, when considering a …

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No Retrospective Effect of Remedial Order administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/n...

No Retrospective Effect of Remedial Order

The Background This note concerns the Upper Tribunal’s decision in AET v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2025] UKUT 16 (AAC) (14 January 2025). Back in 2020, in the case of R (Jackson) v …

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No “own motion” duty in discretion fettering cases administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/n...

No “own motion” duty in discretion fettering cases

The classic formulation of the non-fettering principle comes from the famous British Oxygen Co case. In the words of Lord Reid, there is a “general rule” that “anyone who has to exercise a statutor…

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