CASES
March 12, 2015
Licensing
Mu Mu Enterprises v North Somerset District Council
Roy successfully acted on behalf of the Appellant in the matter of Mu Mu Enterprises v North Somerset District Council (2013) concerning proper notice for review proceedings under the Licensing Act 2003.
CASES
March 12, 2015
Licensing
In the Matter of Chelmsford City Racecourse (2014)
Roy secured a premises licence for the all-weather Essex track which opened after a six year break following a £25 million refurbishment. There are 50 racing fixtures planned for 2015 and the premises are authorised for
CASES
March 12, 2015
Licensing
Mu Mu Enterprises v North Somerset District Council No.2 (2014)
Roy again challenged successfully the lawfulness of the authority’s licensing committee’s decision at a review hearing on the grounds that a member, indeed the chair, of the licensing subcommittee was not a member of the authority’s
CASES
March 12, 2015
Licensing, Public & Administrative Law
R (on the application of Carl Cummings and others) v The County Council of the City of Cardiff [2014] EWHC 2544 (Admin))
The Claimants challenged successfully the lawfulness of the taxi and private hire fees set by Cardiff City Council, resulting in the refund of some £1.2 million pounds to the taxi trade in respect of overpaid fees.
CASES
February 15, 2015
Regulatory & Disciplinary
R v OY
Simon Morgan acted for the defence of a director and two companies arising out of the death of an employee overcome by fumes on a biogas plant.
CASES
October 15, 2014
Regulatory & Disciplinary
R v CN Ltd
Simon Morgan acted for the defence of the company and director arising out of the death on an employee consequent upon the explosion of a pressure vessel used as part of a heating system.
CASES
June 15, 2014
Public & Administrative Law, Regulatory & Disciplinary
R v KAS
Simon Morgan acted for the prosecution of a company involved in the running of a private airfield arising out of the death of it’s Chief Fire Safety Officer when a cylinder containing gas suppressant, which was
CASES
June 15, 2014
Public & Administrative Law, Regulatory & Disciplinary
R v JG Installations
Simon Morgan acted for the defence of a company prosecuted under the HSWA in relation to the death of a child crushed in an electric gate.
CASES
March 13, 2014
Public & Administrative Law
Bloor Homes East Midlands Limited v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council [2014] EWHC 754 (Admin)
Calculation of 5 year housing land supply; prematurity; plan “silent or absent”; need for policies to incorporate a cost: benefit approach.
CASES
February 7, 2014
Planning
R (Freedman) v Wiltshire Council [2014] EWHC 211 Admin
Under s. 191(4) TCPA a local planning authority can substitute a lawful use of another description for that claimed in the application form, if the evidence before it supports that course. Whether the LPA had lawfully done
CASES
December 18, 2013
Planning, Public & Administrative Law
Shadwell Estates v Breckland District Council and Another [2013] Env. L.R. D2
Challenging local plans on environmental grounds relating to SPAs, Habitat Regulations and sustainability appraisals.
CASES
November 22, 2013
Administrative Law, Commercial, Commercial Dispute Resolution
Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council [2013] 1 WLR 466, [2013] BLGR 97, [2013] HLR 12, [2013] PTSR 175
Acting for a local authority in Court of Appeal on appeal from judgment setting aside long leases for lack of vires and restitution of rent and grant monies paid. Raises significant issues about the relationship between