Matrix’s Legal Support Service produce summaries of cases that involve Matrix members.
Judgment Summary: Picker v Tew (Case No: KB-2023-003201)
The judgment was handed down on 3 June 2026 in a libel claim arising from allegations of sexual assault made by the defendant about the claimant, which were set out in two emails sent to university staff as part of an internal welfare process. The court dismissed the claimant’s application to strike out, or obtain […]
Judgment Summary: Alateeqi v Kuwait Investment Authority (Case Number: 2207953/2022)
Alateeqi v Kuwait Investment Authority, (8–10 July 2024), Case Number: 2207953/2022
Earlier this month, the London Central Employment Tribunal dismissed the Claimant’s claims in Alateeqi v Kuwait Investment Authority. The substantive claim centred on an employment dispute between the Kuwait Investment Authority (“KIA”), a sovereign wealth fund, and former CEO of the Kuwait Investment Office (“KIO”) in London. The Claimant argued he was dismissed unfairly after […]
High Court identifies gap in the law when the Crown Prosecution Service offer no evidence
R (Francis) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2024] EWHC 688 (Admin)
Last week Steyn J handed down judgment in R (Francis) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2024] EWHC 688 (Admin). Jesse Nicholls acted for the Claimant, Dean Francis. Mr Francis suffered very serious, potentially fatal injuries when he was driven into by a serving police officer, DS Harding, in 2018. Following investigation by the IOPC, DS Harding […]
High Court holds that Secretary of State ran an unlawful secret policy which frustrated the right of c.1500 confirmed victims of modern slavery to leave to remain
XY v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 81 (Admin)
The High Court today held that the Home Office ran an unlawful, secret policy, applied to at least 1500 confirmed victims of modern slavery. Its effect was to frustrate their right to leave to remain following the landmark ruling in R (KTT) v SSHD (High Court [2022] 1 WLR 1312; Court of Appeal [2023] QB 351), which held that […]
High Court quashes ruling permitting Met Police to review journalist’s material
R (LXP) v (1) Central Criminal Court (2) Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2023] EWHC 2824 (Admin) – Divisional Court quashes ruling permitting the Metropolitan Police to examine materials belonging to a journalist
In a judgment handed down on 10 November 2023, the Divisional Court (Macur LJ and Garnham J) has quashed a ruling of His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC, the Recorder of London, by which the Judge had made directions permitting the Metropolitan Police Service (“MPS”) to examine materials belonging to the Claimant which had been […]