R. (on the application of Thangeswarajah) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 3288 (Admin)

Judicial review application relating to “fresh claims”, refused in the Administrative Court, successful in the Court of Appeal.

E-A (Article 8: Best Interests of Child: Nigeria) [2011] UKUT 315 (IAC), [2011] Imm. A.R. 872; [2012] I.N.L.R. 273

Appeal before the President of the Tribunal which focused the issues under ZH(Tanzania) and the UNCRC and clarified at what age the Tribunal considered children to begin forming relationships beyond the parental family unit.

Ball v SSCLG & Brentwood District Council [2013] All ER (D) 24 (Jan), [2014] EWCA Civ 372 - s.288

Statutory review relating to a high-profile green belt gypsy site development comprising 6 pitches in the constituency of Eric Pickles MP, the then Secretary of State.

AZ v SSCLG & South Gloucestershire District Council [2013] B.L.G.R. 444; [2013] J.P.L. 713

The first successful s.288 challenge relating to Green Belt residential development where the decision hinged on the interpretation and applicability to planning decisions of Article 8 ECHR, Article 3 the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Children Act 2004

Cash v SSCLG & Wokingham Borough Council [2013] J.P.L. 420

s.288 challenge relating to means of service of enforcement notices.

Forest of Dean DC v SSCLG and Ricky Jones [2013] EWHC 4052 (Admin)

Resisted challenge to a grant of planning permission brought in relation to the legality of the assessment of heritage assets.

R(on the application of Castelli) v London Borough of Merton [2013] EWHC 602 (Admin)

The first reported case addressing the definition of a “hedge” under the “High Hedges” legislation.

O’Connor v SSCLG & Epping Forest District Council [2014] EWHC 3821 (Admin)

Successful challenge to the decision of the SSCLG to dismiss an appeal contrary to the recommendation of his Inspector where the SSCLG’s conclusions in respect of flood zone and flood risk were vitiated by illegality.

Reed v SSCLG & Bracknell Forest District Council [2014] EWCA Civ 241

Successful s.289 challenge quashing dismissal of enforcement appeal. Challenge based on flawed assessment of intensification in a mixed use of land.

Winchester City Council v SSCLG [2015] J.P.L 1184, [2013] EWHC 101 (Admin); [2013] 7 E.G. 99 (C.S)

An important case considering the extent of the applicability of the judgement in I’m Your Man Ltd v SSE (1999) in determining a lawful use by reference to that described in a planning permission, in the context of an absence of relevant conditions.

Wenman v SSCLG & Waverley Borough Council & Guildford Borough Council [2015] EWHC 925 (Admin)

Successful challenge to an Inspector’s application of the NPPF to countryside residential development in the context of housing supply policies.

Turner v SSCLG & East Dorset District Council [2015] EWHC 2728 (Admin)

First reported case relating to the application of the sixth bullet point of paragraph 89 NPPF on the exceptions to new buildings constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Johnson v Secretary of State Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2015] UKUT 207 (AAC)

First reported successful challenge in the Administrative Appeals Chamber to a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone designation.