Court rules in favour of local authority over disciplinary action
Davies v London Borough of Haringey [2014] EWHC 3393 (QB)
The claimant commenced employment in 1992 as a full-time qualified teaching assistant. From 2000 onwards she was released full-time from her teaching duties in order to allow her to carry out her trade union activities full-time. In July 2014 she was suspended by the local authority because of an alleged breach of the local authority […]
Court upheld Duggan ‘lawful killing’ finding despite judicial review
R (Duggan) v HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for the Northern District of Greater London & Ors [2014] EWHC 3343
In Aug 2011 Mark Duggan was shot dead by a police officer. The inquest into his death concluded that he was ‘lawfully killed’. This was a Judicial Review against that finding. The claimant sought to challenge the decision of coroner on 4 different grounds. Firstly the coroner ought to have directed the jury that if […]
Application for further disclosure denied by Court in a damages claim as there was a risk to national security
CF v The Ministry of Defence & Ors [2014] EWHC 3171 (QB)
The claimant had alleged that he had been detained, tortured and mistreated in Somaliland and that the defendants were complicit in his mistreatment. He was in the process of bringing a claim for damages. The defendants had successfully obtained a declaration that a closed material procedure could be used pursuant to the Justice and Security […]
Court rejects police officers’ assertion that the IPCC was tainted by institutional bias
R (Mackaill & Ors) v West Midlands Police & Ors [2014] EWHC 3170 (Admin)
The claimant police officers (who all held office in the Police Federation) were subject to an investigation as to whether they deliberately misled the media in relation to the account given to them by Andrew Mitchell MP in the wake of the ‘plebgate’ affair. Initially the IPCC decided to refer the case to the respective […]
Care home closed down as Court rejects 101 year old claimant’s challenge
The claimant was a 101 year old British-Asian woman who sought to challenge the decision of the Council to close her care home. The claimant had three heads of challenge. Firstly that the decision to close the home was based on a material mistake of fact as to the level of demand for care homes, […]