Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Prospect Law acted in that later judgments cite most often.
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| 7 Nov 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 3677 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The statutory purpose of a power must be identified from the enactment read in its historical and legislative context. Pre-legislative materials may assist…
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8 |
| 9 Jul 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2257 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
For the purposes of Article 1 of the First Protocol, concluded contracts with present economic value may be possessions. Prospective or incomplete contracts…
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6 |
| 22 Oct 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 2908 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Judicial review of a planning inspector’s decision is concerned with legality, not a rehearing of planning merits. The court must guard against challenges…
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4 |
| 1 Mar 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 117 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A stated policy end-date does not create an immutable legitimate expectation that a government scheme will remain unchanged until that date. The question is…
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4 |
| 31 Jul 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 2012 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A duty to consult may arise from legitimate expectation where there has been a promise, an established practice, or, exceptionally, a failure to consult would…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 29 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2051 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A building may remain a dwellinghouse while being used in more than one way. An HMO within Use Class C4 is, by definition, the use of a dwellinghouse by not…
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| 19 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1875 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For a certificate of lawful use or development, the decision-maker must consider both requirements in section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.…
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| 17 Nov 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3077 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Permitted development rights crystallised by prior approval remain subject to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order…
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1 |
| 17 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1905 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority’s discretion to extend the compliance period in an enforcement notice is subject to ordinary public law principles. A claimant must…
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| 10 Jun 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1399 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On a ground (d) appeal against an enforcement notice, the inspector must determine whether the matters alleged in the notice constituted a material change of…
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| 31 Jul 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 2012 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A duty to consult may arise from legitimate expectation where there has been a promise, an established practice, or, exceptionally, a failure to consult would…
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3 |
| 24 Jan 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 84 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a certificate of lawfulness case, the local planning authority must identify the appropriate planning unit as a matter of fact and degree. The starting…
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1 |
| 1 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2782 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A consultation proposal does not bind the decision-maker to implement it unchanged. Reconsultation is required only where a subsequent change is so fundamental…
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| 1 Mar 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 117 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A stated policy end-date does not create an immutable legitimate expectation that a government scheme will remain unchanged until that date. The question is…
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4 |
| 7 Nov 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 3677 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The statutory purpose of a power must be identified from the enactment read in its historical and legislative context. Pre-legislative materials may assist…
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8 |
| 31 Oct 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 3543 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a planning judicial review, a committee must be properly directed on all material considerations and must give proper regard to the advice of a statutory…
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2 |
| 30 Jul 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2690 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
After a trial of preliminary issues, the successful party will ordinarily receive its costs, even though further issues remain for trial. Costs may be reserved…
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