Ministry refusal to disclose rejected by the Information Commissioner. Another story from the category marked ‘Surely this cannot have happened?’ On 8th May 2018, just three weeks before the Grenfell…

Over the last 10 years there have been several legal cases challenging the consideration of options by public bodies. In R (ex parte Bokrosova) v London Borough of Lambeth, the…

Are there signs that the NHS is learning how to defend challenges to the lawfulness of its service change consultations? Recent days have suggested that this may indeed be the…

How consultative a Prime Minister will Boris become? Are there clues in his previous record? In fact, there is one really big one …. Boris Johnson had expressed his view…

This time last year, we had a rush of important Court judgments on the Law of Consultation. On one day alone, August 3rd, 2018 the results of three legal challenges…

When Buckinghamshire decided to close over half its children’s centres, campaigners went to the High Court to fight a Judicial Review. This week, they lost, and the Council won its…

It is not often that barristers hit the headlines as they argue a case in the High Court. But heads were turned this week by the words of Sir James…

Yesterday, I observed the second and final day of the judicial review substantive hearing F v Buckinghamshire County Council. I was only able to hear the final points and submissions…

Campaigners have won their case against Caerphilly Council on the grounds that the decision to close Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre had not met the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. This…