Gatwick second runway expansion set to begin after court ruling The Court of Appeal dismissed a bid by campaigners to challenge a High Court ruling in June that the scheme could proceed. Evening Standard · Aug 4
Gatwick Airport expansion moves one step closer as second runway challenge fails The £2.2 billion expansion was approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September 2025 The Independent UK · Aug 4
Gatwick Airport to open second runway as Government wins legal challenge The £2.2 billion expansion will see the London airport move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year Evening Standard · Aug 4
High Court dismisses challenge to £2.2bn Gatwick Airport expansion Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved the Northern Runway Project in September Evening Standard · Jun 23
Resident group to file new legal claim over military camp housing asylum seekers Crowborough Shield, a community interest company, began legal action against the Government last year. Evening Standard · Feb 27
Legal challenge over plan to use East Sussex army camp as asylum housing dismissed Judge rules that residents cannot challenge a decision before it has been formally made The Guardian - UK · Feb 27
Ocean conservation charity loses High Court bid over oil and gas licences Oceana UK brought legal action against the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the North Sea Transition Authority. Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025
Asylum seekers can stay at protest-hit Epping hotel after council fails in High Court legal bid Epping Forest District Council took legal action against owners of migrant hotel in Essex after a series of protests The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025
Council faces wait to discover outcome of asylum seeker hotel injunction bid Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping. Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025
Campaigners set to challenge festival organiser's decision to proceed with Brockwell Park events as planned Protect Brockwell Park group has said it will challenge Lambeth Council if it were to grant a new certificate of lawfulness for events in Brockwell Park Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
Six London festivals including Mighty Hoopla will go ahead despite planning drama Brockwell Live - who are behind events such as Mighty Hoopla and the Lambeth County Show - said the series will go ahead The Independent UK · May 19, 2025
London park festivals to go ahead as planned after court ruling, organisers say Brockwell Live said that the series planned for 2025 will continue after a High Court ruling last week. Evening Standard · May 19, 2025
Music festivals in park ‘have to be cancelled’ after court decision, lawyers say But industry body says cancelling festivals would be a ‘devastating blow’ that would leave thousands of ticket holders ‘in limbo’ Evening Standard · May 16, 2025
Campaigner wins court case over festivals in south London park Rebekah Shaman, of Protect Brockwell Park, took action against Lambeth council over number of large-scale events The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025
Evening Standard · May 16, 2025 Brockwell Park festival plans thrown into chaos as campaigners win High Court legal challenge The decision today could disrupt the capital’s music festival landscape and transform the way public parks are utilised throughout the city
Evening Standard · May 16, 2025 Campaigner wins legal challenge over use of London park for music festivals Brockwell Park in south London is due to host several festivals, including pop event Mighty Hoopla, between May and June.
Evening Standard · May 15, 2025 Legal battle over use of park for music festivals reaches High Court Brockwell Park in Lambeth hosts a series of events called Brockwell Live, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to six festivals.
Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025 Government ‘unlawfully’ housed asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield – High Court Four former residents of RAF Wethersfield brought legal action against the Home Office.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024 Court clears way for ‘the Slab’ office block to be built on London’s South Bank Judge dismisses challenge that argued development failed to provide housing and could damage London landmarks
The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024 Court bid to prevent Spurs leasing rewilded London golf course fails A football academy will be built on the site and campaigners say high court decision threatens other public parks
Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023 Former teacher on trial accused of animal cruelty after ‘landing several blows’ to horse Sarah Moulds was seen on video hitting and kicking the horse named Bruce Almighty
The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023 Former teacher ‘chastised’ horse by smacking it multiple times, court told Sarah Moulds was seen on video hitting and kicking the horse, named Bruce Almighty.
The Independent UK · May 12, 2023 Revealed: How Britain’s squalid housing crisis hits Black and Asian tenants hardest Special Investigation: Mould covering windows and walls next to sleeping children. Ceilings collapsing feet away from tenants. Complaints ignored, evictions threatened. Nadine White hears the stories that lay bare the plight of non-white renters across the country
Manchester Evening News · Apr 16, 2023 Hotel defends itself after family experience ‘holiday from hell’ with room covered in mould, sick and toenails "If we had the money, we would have left"
Manchester Evening News · Mar 28, 2023 Awaab Ishak landlord said refugees were 'lucky to have a roof' and living with mould was 'OK and acceptable' A damning report published today slammed a 'wholly unacceptable' attitude towards asylum seekers by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing