Hopkin Murray Beskine: court cases and practice areas

Practice areas

Public and administrative law42
Family and children16
Social welfare and education14
Housing14
Civil liberties and human rights10
Cross-border disputes2
Insolvency and restructuring1
Planning and environment1

Courts

Supreme Court4
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)17
High Court42

Counsel most often instructed

Ian Wise23
Lindsay Johnson11
Michael Armitage10
Caoilfhionn Gallagher8
Azeem Suterwalla3
Mani Singh Basi3
Stephen Broach3

Judgments by year

20261
20254
20242
20232
20223
20212
20204
20199
20183
20176
20166
20159
20142
20138
20121
20111

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Hopkin Murray Beskine acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date	Case	Cited by
16 Apr 2019	Ward & Ors, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Hillingdon & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 692 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A residence requirement for access or priority within a social housing allocation scheme may indirectly discriminate where a materially higher proportion of a…	22
7 Aug 2015	HA, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Ealing [2015] EWHC 2375 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A housing allocation scheme may use a residence requirement to regulate qualification for social housing. It must, however, preserve the statutory requirement…	12
28 Jul 2017	Ealing London Borough Council v H & Ors, R. (On the Application of) [2017] EWCA Civ 1127 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) When assessing indirect discrimination under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010, the court examines the particular provision, criterion or practice alleged to…	11
17 Jun 2025	Thomas Norton v London Borough of Haringey [2025] EWCA Civ 746 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Failure to complete the assessment and personalised housing plan required by section 189A of the Housing Act 1996 does not automatically invalidate a…	8
30 Jun 2017	E, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Islington [2017] EWHC 1440 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Article 2 of the First Protocol requires a pragmatic, fact-specific assessment of whether a child has been denied effective access to the educational…	7
12 Mar 2020	Parveen, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Redbridge [2020] EWCA Civ 194 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) When judicial review proceedings become academic after the claimant obtains substantially the relief sought, costs do not depend solely on the relief obtained.…	7
19 Oct 2022	Thomas Norton v London Borough of Haringey [2022] EWCA Civ 1340 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A local housing authority can discharge the main housing duty by a private rented sector offer only through scrupulous compliance with the statutory…	5
18 Apr 2016	H & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Ealing London Borough Council [2016] EWHC 841 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A housing-allocation scheme reserving 20% of lettings for working households and qualifying existing tenants may indirectly discriminate where protected groups…	4
16 Sep 2021	Mathew Richards, R (on the application of) v The Environment Agency [2021] EWHC 2501 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Positive operational duties under Articles 2 and 8 may arise where regulated industrial activity creates a real and immediate risk to life, including a risk of…	4
3 Dec 2019	Rehoune v London Borough of Islington [2019] EWCA Civ 2142 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) An appeal which has become academic may be determined, particularly in public law, but the discretion is narrow and must be exercised cautiously. The court…	4

Recent cases

Date	Case	Cited by
17 Jun 2025	Thomas Norton v London Borough of Haringey [2025] EWCA Civ 746 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Failure to complete the assessment and personalised housing plan required by section 189A of the Housing Act 1996 does not automatically invalidate a…	8
25 Nov 2024	EM, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Havering [2024] EWHC 3016 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A housing allocation scheme must be interpreted practically and with common sense, allowing sensible flexibility where its wording permits it. A residence…
1 Dec 2023	BN, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hounslow [2023] EWHC 3083 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court The court may issue a brief judgment recording an agreed order where proceedings are stayed and no substantive issue is determined, provided that doing so…	1
21 Dec 2022	The King (on the application of TX) v Adur District Council [2022] EWHC 3340 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A housing allocation scheme may lawfully impose qualification criteria, but those criteria must comply with statutory reasonable-preference duties and equality…
19 Oct 2022	Thomas Norton v London Borough of Haringey [2022] EWCA Civ 1340 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A local housing authority can discharge the main housing duty by a private rented sector offer only through scrupulous compliance with the statutory…	5
16 Sep 2021	Mathew Richards, R (on the application of) v The Environment Agency [2021] EWHC 2501 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Positive operational duties under Articles 2 and 8 may arise where regulated industrial activity creates a real and immediate risk to life, including a risk of…	4
7 Jul 2020	JP, R (On the Application Of) v NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group [2020] EWHC 1470 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In judicial review of NHS continuing-care decisions, a court may intervene where the decision-maker relies on inaccurate or irrelevant information, fails to…
5 May 2020	Escott, R (On the application of) v Chichester District Council [2020] EWHC 1687 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Suitable accommodation under the homelessness legislation is assessed in the light of the applicant’s circumstances, but the duty does not ordinarily require a…	1
2 Apr 2020	McKeown, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Islington [2020] EWHC 779 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Disabled facilities grant applications must be assessed by applying the statutory scheme to the particular purpose for which the grant is sought. Where the…	1
12 Mar 2020	Parveen, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Redbridge [2020] EWCA Civ 194 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) When judicial review proceedings become academic after the claimant obtains substantially the relief sought, costs do not depend solely on the relief obtained.…	7
3 Dec 2019	Rehoune v London Borough of Islington [2019] EWCA Civ 2142 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) An appeal which has become academic may be determined, particularly in public law, but the discretion is narrow and must be exercised cautiously. The court…	4
11 Oct 2019	SH, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Waltham Forest [2019] EWHC 2618 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A local housing authority cannot discharge its duty under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 through a private rented sector offer unless the statutory…

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