The High Court has dismissed a mother’s urgent application for her child, who was being looked after by authorities in Spain, to be made a ward of court and immediately returned to England.

The Court of Protection has found - following an application by a local authority - that an elderly man’s wife and son had “no lawful authority” to move him to a care home in Wales from Spain, where he was habitually resident.

Social landlord Cartrefi Conwy has appointed Conwy County Borough Council and eight law firms to a legal services framework estimated to be worth £4.2m over 48 months.

The High Court has ordered Runnymede Borough Council to pay £17k in costs to a claimant and reconsider an enforcement decision relating to works to a Grade II listed church building, following the settlement of a judicial review claim.

David Kitson offers some initial thoughts on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

The Court of Appeal recently allowed a claimant’s appeal against a judge’s decision to reject his claim for liability against a county council in relation to a hole in a grass verge which caused him to fall off his bicycle. Martin Porter KC and Anastasia Karseras explain why.

Adrian Gordon considers two significant 2025 decisions of the Court of Appeal, which revisit some of the most fundamental considerations surrounding the application of s31 of the Children Act 1989 to the facts of every given case.

The £205.2m Cardiff Airport public funding package is to be challenged under the Subsidy Control Act 2022. Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose consider the case and whether we are now likely to see more legal challenges emerge within the airport and aviation sector, which has been the subject of frequent cases in EU State aid law.

Melanie Pears explores the recent announcement by NHS England about the possibility of a private finance model for capital developments, alongside the Treasury's calls for it to be only used in very limited circumstances.

The EAT has overturned a £20,000 costs order due to the tribunal's flawed assumptions about legal advice and hindsight bias in assessing prospects of success. Michael Halsey looks at the lessons from the ruling.

Mark Loveday and Hugh Rowan examine Court of Appeal rulings on retrospective service charge protection under Schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act 2022.