Gabriel Tan

The Court of Appeal hearing for the Home Secretary's appeal against the finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful has been listed for 28 April.

Elisabeth Laing LJ has granted Sex matters permission to challenge the Hampstead ladies ponds policy. Lieven J arguably wrong on delay/prematurity, standing, and reasons for refusing EoT. The case will now proceed to a full hearing in the High Court. sex-matters.org/wp-content/upl…

Link to first judgment: judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl… Link to second judgment: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2026/…

“It may be that some of these conclusions, particularly on the consequences of Westernisation, could have been subjected to challenge in the FTT, but the judge had to deal with the case on the basis that there was little if any challenge.”

A thread on criticisms of civil servants in immigration-related decisions by senior judges in two recent judgments.

The Divisional Court has granted the Home Secretary permission to appeal and suspended its quashing of the proscription of Palestine Action pending determination of the appeal. The claimant’s application for permission to cross-appeal was refused. judiciary.uk/judgments/huda…

@FaringForwards Congratulations on the successful 6-7 reference!

As the Master of the Rolls repeatedly expresses incredulity that the Law Society thinks that its members could support this position, this post seems to be ageing rather better than most of my attempts!

Some further criticisms of the Divisional Court's reasoning finding the Home Secretary breached her own proscription policy in the Palestine Action judgment.