Administrative law
R (on the application of the Duke of Sussex) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 548
The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) dismissed the claimant Prince Harry’s appeal challenging the lawfulness of the security arrangements provided by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC) for his visits to the UK since his change of royal status in 2020. The court held that RAVEC’s chair had good reason to depart from RAVEC’s usual policy of commissioning a risk analysis from its Risk Management Board before making security decisions regarding the claimant.
Company
Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the appellant, Tradition Financial Services Ltd (TFS) who had brokered deals for some of the respondent companies who were engaged in missing trader intra-community fraud, a form of VAT fraud involving trading of carbon credits under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in 2009, and were currently in liquidation. TFS appealed against the decision
