Case Studies
R (D) v. Bromley IAP [2007] EWCA Civ 1010
Natural justice in school exclusion appeals
(AS) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 1763 Admin
Intensity of judicial review over human rights claims
Jennings v. HMRC [2010] UKFTT 49
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
Indigo Services (UK) Ltd v. Colchester Institute [2010] EWHC 3237 (QB)
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
West County Vending Services Ltd v. HMRC [2010] UKFTT 124
Whether VAT chargeable on food supplies ‘on the premises’: meaning of ‘premises’ for VAT purposes
R (P) v. Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) [2010] EWHC 1408 Admin
Acting for the Claimant in his successful challenge to the local authority’s decisions concerning his post-16 education
Macaw Properties Ltd v. HMRC [2012] UKFTT 167
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
R (Tilianu) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2011] 4 All ER 174 Court of Appeal:
Whether self-employed persons retain a right to reside under EU law for the purposes of claiming job seekers allowance
Huhtala v. HMRC [2011] STC 2226 & [2012] UKFTT 79 (TC)
Whether expenses associated with a house boat used for researching and writing a book were ‘wholly and exclusively’ incurred for the purposes of trade
SS (Sri Lanka) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 76 Court of Appeal:
Whether Upper Tribunal had erred in law by rejecting evidence of persecution
R (Rogerson) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2012] EWHC (Admin)
Meaning of ”relevant change of circumstances” in war pensions legislation
R (M and W) v. Hounslow London Borough Council [2013] EWHC 579 (Admin)
Meaning of ‘home’ for the purposes of a local authority’s home to school transport duties
Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance v. Wokingham Borough Council [2013] EWHC 802 (Admin)
Failure of decision-maker to consider guidance and challenge to strategic environmental assessment
R (Payne and Cooper) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2012] 2 WLR 1 Supreme Court:
Test cases concerning the lawfulness of deductions from social security benefits after a Debt Relief Order is obtained
