Natural justice in school exclusion appeals
Intensity of judicial review over human rights claims
Meaning of ‘dwelling’ for the purposes of Value Added Tax Act 1994 Sch.8 Group 5 Note 13 and its relationship with s.35 of the Act
First UK case under regulation 47H of the Public Contracts Regulations, considering the appropriate test for applications to lift the automatic stay on signing an awarded public contract
Whether VAT chargeable on food supplies ‘on the premises’: meaning of ‘premises’ for VAT purposes
Acting for the Claimant in his successful challenge to the local authority’s decisions concerning his post-16 education
Application of the Rompelman principle to finding business purposes. Case concerned the intention to convert the largest country house in England into a luxury hotel and whether expenditure incurred for preparatory acts were exempt from VAT
Whether self-employed persons retain a right to reside under EU law for the purposes of claiming job seekers allowance
Whether expenses associated with a house boat used for researching and writing a book were ‘wholly and exclusively’ incurred for the purposes of trade
Whether Upper Tribunal had erred in law by rejecting evidence of persecution
Meaning of ”relevant change of circumstances” in war pensions legislation
Meaning of ‘home’ for the purposes of a local authority’s home to school transport duties
Failure of decision-maker to consider guidance and challenge to strategic environmental assessment
Test cases concerning the lawfulness of deductions from social security benefits after a Debt Relief Order is obtained
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