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R (MXK, AXB & others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

The High Court has handed down judgment allowing a claim for judicial review challenging the Home Office’s policy to stop and detain all passengers owing debts to the NHS when seeking entry at the border. The policy – which was…

18/05/2023

R (Bailey & Morris) v Secretary of State for Justice

High profile judicial review claim concerning the Secretary of State for Justice’s decision to amend the Parole Board Rules and to issue guidance about the effect of the amendment.   The rule change, which was made without consultation, purported to…

15/03/2023

R (CX1-CX8) v Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for the Home Department

The High Court today handed down judgment in high-profile judicial review claims brought by eight former BBC journalists against the refusal to relocate them and their families to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”).  The High…

13/02/2023

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

The Inquiry was established in non-statutory form on 29th September 2020. It was converted to a statutory inquiry on 1st June 2021. Nicholas Chapman is representing The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry…

24/11/2022

UK Covid-19 Inquiry

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future. Andrew O’Connor KC, Fiona Canby, Zeenat Islam & Alice Hands form part of the…

24/11/2022

Royal Papworth Hospital Inquests

The inquests into two deaths following an outbreak of a waterborne pathogen at a world-leading cardiothoracic transplant centre. The deaths, at the newly-opened Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, followed infection by a form of bacteria – M.abscessus – previously unknown…

11/11/2022

R (KA & 6 others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and Secretary of State for Defence

High-profile judicial review claim relating to the evacuation of Afghanistan in summer 2021 and policies relating to those in or wishing to enter the UK. The claim raised a number of important issues, concerning the lawfulness of the process of…

06/10/2022

R (Secretary of State for Justice) v Parole Board

Leading case on the statutory “public protection” test, to be applied by the Parole Board when considering whether to direct the release of a prisoner. Nicholas Chapman acted for the Parole Board. The Divisional Court confirmed that the statutory test…

31/05/2022

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department R (O) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

A high-profile Supreme Court appeal concerning the fees charged to children applying to register as British citizens. The leading case on the rules of statutory interpretation and related constitutional law principles.  Nicholas Chapman, led by Sir James Eadie QC, represented…

02/02/2022

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Krupaliben Patel

Nicholas Chapman acted for the Secretary of State in an important case concerning the principles of finality, res judicata and issue estoppel in the Tribunal jurisdiction, and the circumstances in which the Tribunal can permissibly depart from previous findings in…

25/01/2022

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