The second seminar will guide attendees through how to best represent their clients at oral hearings. This session will be split into two parts. In…
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council serves as a final court of appeal for a dozen independent countries, three Crown dependencies, and a dozen…
The first seminar in the series will guide attendees through all the required steps for applying for and preparing for an oral hearing. It is…
The High Court has handed down judgment in R (DXK) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 579 (Admin), finding that…
A jury has reached a decision that the IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentence handed to Francis in 2006, when it was a mandatory sentence…
Successful claim brought by innocent couple left living for eight years with the uncertainty and anxiety of a police “Released Under Investigation” (RUI) status before…
The Court has reduced the minimum term of imprisonment to be served from 35 to 32 years, having accepted the error of approach taken by…
No5’s Philip Rule KC has been instructed on behalf of the Appellant in a case challenging conviction for murder before the Supreme Court of the…
Philip Rule KC was instructed by Will Whitaker of Bindmans Solicitors, assisted by Carmen Hall, to represent the family of a girl who was in…
On 7 September 2023, in R (Ellis) v Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWHC 2230 (Admin) the Administrative Court allowed a judicial review challenge…
…where the CCRC refers a conviction appeal following a guilty plea at the magistrates’ court No5’s Philip Rule KC represented the Criminal Cases Review Commission…
On 4 April 2023, the Divisional Court (Macur LJ and Chamberlain J) held a further hearing in the case of R (Bailey and Morris) v…
Today the Supreme Court reveals its judgment on the question of the permissible approaches for the panels of the Parole Board to take to unproven…
On 31 March 2023 the Administrative Court (sitting at Leeds) allowed the judicial review claim of R (HP) v Royal Borough of Greenwich [2023] EWHC…
In a judgment handed down on 15 March 2023, the Divisional Court (Lady Justice Macur and Mr Justice Chamberlain) held that the Secretary of State…
