Adequate alternative remedies to Judicial Review are addressed in R ( AMMORI ) v SSHD ( 92025) EWCA Civ 1311 at paras 42-49.
REVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
October 21st, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Environment, Highways and LeisureThe UK Government has on 20 October 2025 published its Response to the Office for Environmental Protection’s Report on improving the natural environment in England from January 2025.
WALES
October 21st, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Elections and BylawsA Welsh Government Consultation, published on 20 October 2025, seeks views, by 12 January 2026, on proposed changes to Welsh Local ELECTION RULES.
FORFEITURE OF LEASE
October 21st, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Land, Goods and ServicesThe approach to, and steps to be taken towards, the forfeiture of a valuable lease for breach of covenant, the purpose of proceedings under Section 168(4) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, and the requirements for a Notice under Section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925, are set out by Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President, in CALMAN v STACK HOUSE RESIDENTS ( OXTED ) LTD (2025) UKUT 342 (LC) at paras 5 and 42.
SUSPENSION ON ENTERING INTO CONTRACT
October 21st, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Decision making and ContractsThe approach to be taken by the Court when deciding whether or not to lift an automatic suspension on entering into a procured and regulated contact is set out by Eyre J at paras 27-36 inc in INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE UK LTD v SoS for DEFENCE (2025) EWHC 2634 ( TCC ).
ENFORCEMENT NOTICE
October 6th, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Planning and EnvironmentalDHARMESHKUMAR v SoS & BRENT COUNCIL ( 2025) EWHC ( Admin ) is an appeal to a Planning Inspector against an Enforcement Notice served by the Council. It addresses questions about what works constitute development within Section 55 of TCPA 1990 and the interpretation of a planning decision by reference to extraneous material.
DECLARATION OF TRUST
October 1st, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Land, Goods and ServicesNATIONAL IRANIAN OIL CO v CRESCENT GAS CORPORATION LTD ( 2025 ) EWCA Civ 1211 concerns, over 288 pages, the interpretation and effect of Section 53 (1) (b) of the LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925. That provides that a DECLARATION OF TRUST respecting ANY LAND OR INTEREST THEREIN MUST be manifested and proved by some writing signed by some person who is able to declare such trust. The principal questions of interpretation were (1) whether the document evidencing the Declaration of Trust can be signed by an AGENT of the person whose interest in land is subject to the Declaration of Trust and (2) if the answer to that question is, in respect of a natural person, “ No “, how the Section can be complied with by a COMPANY. The appeal also raised consequential questions as to the CONSEQUENCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
REMEDIABILITY OF BREACH OF CONTRACT
September 30th, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Decision making and ContractsIn KULKARNI v GWENT HOLDINGS ( 2025 ) EWCA Civ 1206 the Court of Appeal reaffirms that , when determining whether a breach of contract is “ capable of remedy “, within the meaning of a contractual provision or a comparable statutory one, a practical rather than a technical approach is to be adopted, in which common law rules concerning repudiation have no place. Remediability means putting matters right for the future. The existence of enduring prejudice could be important, but the motive for or wilfulness of a breach would not usually matter.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
September 30th, 2025 by James Goudie KC in Planning and EnvironmentalIn REED V ICO ( 2025 ) UKFTT 01131 ( GRC ) on Regulation 5 of the Environmental Information Regulations, the duty to make available environmental information on request, it is held, at para 39, that the relevant time is the time at which the request is made.