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Alex Line successfully represents local authority in important High Court case confirming that the First-tier Tribunal (HESC) is a suitable alternative remedy to judicial review In R (LW) v London Borough of Islington [2025] EWHC 703 (Admin), following a rolled-up hearing, the High Court has confirmed that the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber), which deals with statutory appeals under the Children and Families Act 2014 concerning EHC Plans, is a suitable alternative remedy to judicial review. Kate Grange KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) emphasised the extremely high threshold which must be crossed in order to persuade the High Court to entertain a judicial review claim in circumstance where a statutory right of appeal exists.…
News 28 Mar, 2025
The judgment has been published in the case of Stiebel Lethbridge Ltd v the Information Commissioner & another [2024] UKFTT 1152 (GRC), in which a refusal by HM Land Registry (HMLR) to provide information to an asset reunification company led to an appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal (the FTT). Jeremy Scott-Joynt represented the HM Land Registry. The case, heard in December, arose after the appellant (SLL) sought information outside the usual statutory channels from HMLR about registered properties. Those channels carry a standard charge. SLL sought the information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) instead: a strategy which – if successful – could have undermined the statutory charging structure and compelled HMLR to supply large amounts of information for free.…
News 20 Jan, 2025
